Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Southampton vs Leicester City

Sunday eases us back into the Gameweek 22 action with a tie that, in truth, offers scant interest for Fantasy managers.

Viable and consistent assets have largely been a rarity within the Southampton and Leicester City ranks, although today’s midday kick-off does at least grant us the opportunity to scout out a pair of emerging Saints assets.

With Jose Fonte’s departure to West Ham United now confirmed, Maya Yoshida is currently unrivalled for his starts alongside Virgil van Dijk in the Southampton backline. The Japanese international starts his seventh successive match in all competitions today, and at just 4.2 in the Fantasy Premier League, he would represent an obvious value route.

However, Claude Puel’s defence is without a clean sheet in five Gameweek outings, suffering defeats in their last four.

Jay Rodriguez is the other Southampton candidate on view. Still struggling to cement regular starts, he will get another opportunity to further his stock as a 6.3 midfield option, deployed in a central attacking role by Puel.

Elsewhere, the performance of Dusan Tadic could also be of interest.

The Serbian earned recognition in our Spot the Differential article for Gameweek 22, having fired in seven goal attempts in the defeat at Burnley last weekend.

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

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  1. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    What teams are likely to have a blank in gw26? Need to start planning transfers

    1. Rohirrims
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Manchester Derby
      Liverpool game
      Southampton game

      1. eazy
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Both Liverpool and Southampton games cant blank right?

        1. My Name Is Prince
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Correct

  2. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    I might give this game a go. When is it kicking off?

    1. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Anytime soon, they've been having a pretty full-on warm up for the last 20 minutes!

  3. StoichkovFPL
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 3 months ago

    RP. Alonso, Evans*, Holebas*, Ake*, Amat*

    a) Ake, Amat > Friend, Holgate for -4 (exact funds)
    b) Ake > Friend and Amat > Holgate next week (or this if Evans out)
    c) Ake > Chambers

    Cheers!

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      C

    2. MTPockets
        7 years, 3 months ago

        c

    3. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 3 months ago

      Yoshida -> ?

      A) Holebas
      B) Stones
      C) Amat

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Stones definitely. 4.7m for a potentially nailed on City defender is a bargain. He might come good soon.

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Currently drooling over that run of fixtures

      2. StoichkovFPL
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        c

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Good shout. Like his consistency

          1. StoichkovFPL
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            though its other way around. why sell 4.2 def? he's perfect 5th defender. keep for now

      3. Gnu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Is this meant to mean Yoshida is coming in?

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yoshida out, but to who?

          1. Sess!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Why you ditching YoshIda?

          2. Gnu
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            None of those, not sure why if you have Yoshida, you would want to shift him.... at least until the transfer winDow is closed.

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

            Is this a troll post?

            1. Gnu
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Who?

            2. My Name Is Prince
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              He's the differentiator! Now that people are actually considering Yoshida he needs to get rid 😀

              1. Differentiator
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 3 months ago

                Exactly, Stones could be the diamonde in the rough

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

        A

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks. On set pieces!

      5. MTPockets
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Amat

      6. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cheap, point scoring and attack enabling defence for those with low team values:

        Heaton (5.0) - Jakupovic (3.9)
        Pieters (4.5) - Funes Mori (4.6) - Jones (4.9) - Chambers (4.5) - Nyom (4.4)

        1. StoichkovFPL
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          yep. Holget, Yoshida too

          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Holgate - less guaranteed starter if they go to 4 at the back. Yoshida at the moment, but can see Southampton buying someone . I have chosen players who are nailed (subject to injury) for the season now. Don't want to be mucking around with the defence every week.

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

        For a different crowd. 2FT, 0.1 ITB

        Heaton (Jaku)
        Baines, Brunt, Daniels (Chambers, Yoshi)
        Sanchez, Haz, Alli, Phillips (Stanislas)
        Ibra, Lukaku, Giroud

        Really want some more Spurs in my team.

        Stanislas-Carroll + Daniels-Rose?

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I wouldn't, Rose 2 away from a 2 game susp too

        2. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yes IMO.

      8. Venom Snake
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Williams or Funes Mori?

        1. Clump
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Whoever is cheaper.

        2. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Mori

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

          FM

          1. Venom Snake
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Unanimous.

            Thanks lads

      9. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        If Burnley stay up this season then next season I'm picking Heaton, regardless of his price, as the first name on my new team.

        I will start him every week and never transfer him out.

        That is all.

        1. Clump
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Had Heaton since gw1.
          My back up is Robinson, so I'm not tempted to rotate 🙂

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            That is exactly what I plan to do too.

        2. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Ok. See you next season.

          1. Nomar
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Indeed you will, but I'm not going anywhere this season either.

        3. Sess!
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Heatin

      10. rivercityransom
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        cedric comes good

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          That ship sailed long ago for me. Good for anyone still owning him.

        2. Point-one short
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Good work Cedric!

      11. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        1-0 Ward Prowse

      12. Sandy Ravage
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Hiding behind the sofa till the Chelsea game hoping England finally win a cricket match in India and Sanchez doesn't punish me too harshly for going Hazard (c).

      13. Parm
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cédric assist, limbs

      14. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Alonso > Cedric for a hit?

      15. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cedric trolling 😆

      16. Sess!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        JwP goal, Cedric assist

      17. Venom Snake
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Wow I've gotten an assist from all three of my defenders this week then. And I'm still doing crap!!

      18. bigbudgie
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Sanchez's EO is way higher than Hazard's.
        I have both, captained Hazard.
        I presume that I need Hazard to do a hell of a lot better than Sanchez in order to make any progress...

        1. Differentiator
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          All Sanchez non captainers, incl me are praying for a blank

          1. bigbudgie
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            A blank, or we'll be ok if Haz scores double what Sanchez does right?

        2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          i just captained hazard cos he had a later fixture. toss up really. plus burley can be stubborn at times.

      19. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        i need a yoshida goal and cleen sheet

      20. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cedric 🙂

        Starting to forgive

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I would suggest it'd take more than one assist for full redemption to be completed.

          1. Leaf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Oh yes agreed , were still not talking or anything , but turned my Cedric picture back round

        2. tisza
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          been sat on my bench for weeks.
          subbed him in for Jones so needed better than 4pts.

      21. Robben Mee Blind
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Congrats Cedric owners- some reward at last!

      22. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Leicester look junk

        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Did they really win the league last season?

          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Lost their motivation. Look how well they have played in the CL.

        2. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          They are.

          Seriously suspicious about last season.

      23. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        ahh cedric is trolling me, i stuck by him and he delivered nothing when i had him

        1. Nomar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Same for many of us, mate.

          Good luck to those who have him still, but that ship long sailed for me. Got Jones instead.

          1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            i literally made the same move, we're basically brothers

            1. Ha.
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              #FamilyReunion

      24. XabiAlonso
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Matip Aguero benteke to Williams Kane lukaku for (-4) sound good. Other striker is Ibra

        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Mori not Will

          1. XabiAlonso
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Cheers is he nailed on for starts

        2. bigbudgie
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I wouldn't get rid of Aguero before the three fixtures he has upcoming

          1. XabiAlonso
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Can't think of anyone I want for benteke other than lukaku which means a downgrade of Aguero

        3. Astronautovic
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Yes IMO

        4. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          No way. I went to the spurs game yesterday and kun wasn't too bad. More dangerous than harry. Alder did a good job on him to be fair. Give him till after swansea if they play like they did vs us in first half they will rip swansea to shreds

          1. XabiAlonso
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            Cheers matip to Williams/Mori still

      25. schlupptheweek
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        I'm having a poor season at 100k rank but it's nice when you transfer JWP in for his goal this week just because he's playing Leicester.

        1. The Point About It Is
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          I've always liked JWP from a FF perspective but never seems to nail down a starting spot.

      26. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cedric giving me points is emotional af.

      27. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        if koeman does spontaneously switch back to 4 at the back, who do you think loses their place??

        1. Robben Mee Blind
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Holgate probably

          1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            ahh man i just brought him in

            i'll just to holgate to nyom if he loses his place but i dont think it will happen anytime soon

            1. Robben Mee Blind
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 3 months ago

              Yeah there's a good chance he'll stick with it for a while seeing as it's working- getting results

        2. Astronautovic
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          FM is more nailed than holgate?

      28. Venom Snake
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Who needs to be sold first?

        A. Pieters
        B. Smith
        C. Evans

        1. Team Cruel
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          Brad Smith

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

          I'd move Evans to Brunt if you can

      29. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Apparently Lovren was seen tackling a fish supper last night. This can not be true ? 🙁

        1. Sandy Ravage
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 3 months ago

          probably fake news.

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 3 months ago

            I believe he was with The Don 😉

      30. Goodricke
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Played Lovren and VVD over Williams and Walker. I can never get the defence right. game week rank of 3.9m so far. Anyone worse?

      31. The Big Fella
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 3 months ago

        Cedric gives me nothing but a headache since I brought him in. I sell him for Baines and he assists and looks likely to get a CS and probably a few BP. *sigh* I hate the guy