Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Saturday

With the Spurs stroll providing a healthy set of early returns, we now roll on with a collection of five afternoon kick-offs.

Harry Kane’s double figure return puts the onus on Romelu Lukaku to match or even better his Golden Boot rival.

The Everton striker will face a Burnley today, having scored in seven successive Goodison Park matches. He’s backed by 892,000+ (20.2%) with the captaincy – the top pick in Gameweek 33 – including 60 of the top 100 Fantasy Premier League managers.

Elsewhere, the Fantasy interest is somewhat limited, although Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park meeting with Leicester City offers us another opportunity to scout their assets ahead of the Gameweek 34 double. Wilfried Zaha is perhaps the key target on show – he’s been brought in by 188,000 ahead of today’s clash, second only to Kane.

Gylfi Sigurdsson has another chance to halt his alarming decline when Swansea City travel to Watford. Surely a must-win clash for the Swans, Sigurdsson will be seeking his first return for four Gameweeks having lost 121,000+ owners this week, only Chelsea’s Diego Costa has suffered greater sales.

Finally, Stoke City take on Hull City at the bet365 stadium in a fixture which is unlikely to impact our tallies, while Sunderland host West Ham at the Stadium of Light, with Jermain Defoe seeking to re-ignite his goalscoring form and Andy Carroll back to lead the line for the Hammers.

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

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  1. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 23 days ago

    REST VALENCIA! #HoleBAPs

  2. timPgoodwin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 23 days ago

    Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddd Siggy's gone ...

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 23 days ago

      This

      1. barracuda
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        hope they get relegated

    2. Ben the Mee
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Hello Wally

        1. timPgoodwin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Looking at Walcott? Ditto.

          1. Sim Simma
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            I brought him in for Siggy..yesterday 🙂

      • umerlfc
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        He'll probably get a haul now 😀
        Glad I benched him this week

    3. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 23 days ago

      Carroll you t1t....score goal.

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 23 days ago

      Siggy is due!

    5. The Tinkerman
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 23 days ago

      Lukaku, Williams (30)
      Baines, Jagielka (29)
      Vokes (28)

      All very tight for the bonus points.

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        come on Jags!

        1. The Tinkerman
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          It already changed to Jags on 31. Could be anyone's.

      2. Dirty Harry
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Does Lukaku get bps for winning goal or does he miss out due to the own goal?

        1. The Tinkerman
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          I dont know. I doubt anyone gets the bonus as it was an OG

          1. Dirty Harry
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Yeah thats what I would have thought as technically thats the winning goal...

      3. Ryan Naysmith
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Just changed again haha now on 3

      4. Alnair
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        As an owner I'm hoping he gets bumped down to 1...

        1. The Tinkerman
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Same... His EO is over 100%.

      5. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        OPTA bonus yet to be added to Kaku!

        1. Dirty Harry
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Even if the own goal was technically the winner?

        2. The Tinkerman
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          I doubt anyone gets winning goal bonus, it was an OG

        3. MTPockets
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Didn't get winning goal.

        4. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Justice...

          1. The Tinkerman
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Jagielka (31)
            Lukaku (30)
            Williams (30)
            Baines (29)

            Already changed again... Could be anyones.

        5. The Tinkerman
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Baines attempted assist in 94th min could push him up.

      6. F4L
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Where's Holgate's goal 🙁

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          In Jag's pocket

      7. JÆKS ⭐
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Not sure if I'll get Ibra in for Lukaku now, West Ham just conceded 2 against Sunderland!

        1. ChelseaGuy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Same dilemma

        2. nkhoughton
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Sunderland was at home, Everton are away to west ham. Kaku could blank

          1. Bartowski
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Yes, West Ham have been tremendous at home...

          2. JÆKS ⭐
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Well there is a chance Lukaku can blank in every game. Think the WHU fixture is not much worse than Burnley and City away combined

        3. fiveyears
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Given Kaku's record against West Ham I don't think its wise

      8. tm245
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Welcome back, Holebas, you beauty.

      9. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Byram RC

      10. Mark-O
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Palace looking safe now

        Probably gonna let Spurs go over them in the 2nd match of the dgw

      11. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Sunderland fans leaving the stadium with 7 minutes to go.

      12. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        So Kane was the correct choice, and I made that choice. Pity the rest of my team is so crap

      13. matiakez
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Selling kaku ahead of West ham looks iffy, with their limp form and kaku's record against them...

        1. Mark-O
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          West Ham can't defend

          1. matiakez
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Yeah exactly.

        2. Dirty Harry
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Surely have to hold Lukaku

      14. Sims
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Imagine if 5 players ended up with 3 baps in the Everton game

        1. L'Aeroplanino
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          everyone's happy

      15. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Bryam RC.

        His 3 owners and mom will be disappointed.

      16. timPgoodwin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Maguire on my bench with 7 points ... Need Brunt to get explosive diarrhoea and Valencia to stay at home.

        1. FPL_Hazards
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Same and vardy

      17. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Byram red card.

      18. Mark-O
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Bryan red

        1. Mark-O
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Byram

      19. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Vardy has been scoring every week since GW26. Do we dare sell him?

        1. Hybrid.power
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Sold this week for Kane

          1. Cok3y5murf
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Glad I didn't. Would've taken a hit.

            1. Deulofail
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 23 days ago

              But Kane has outscored Vardy by 4, so would've been free

              1. Cok3y5murf
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 23 days ago

                Would have also needed to sell Davies.

              2. dark91
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 23 days ago

                This. Even more if you captained Kane cause i doubt anyone would have captained Vardy

        2. dark91
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          I did, for Kane

        3. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Own for when they score, not afterwards. Gotta change at some point. Time for the switch

          1. Cok3y5murf
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Why wouldn't he score now?

            1. Deulofail
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 23 days ago

              Well that's up to you. At the very least he's not in the top 3 highest scorers for GW34 for me. Whether he actually gets returns or not is another question/guess

        4. ChelseaGuy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Got 3 good weeks out of him and sold for Kane(C) this week

      20. Chris_H
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Dodged the Siggy bullet, just a shame I played Pickford over Gomes but meh

      21. aleksios
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Llorente owners what are you doing with him?

        1. L'Aeroplanino
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          selling

      22. F4L
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Swansea are p*ss poor; luckily for them Hull are as well

      23. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Lukaku goal spoiled everything

        1. Business Cat
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Yep...I was looking forward to top 10K 44% Lukaku(c) fail...as a Kane(c) at OR 5K...that would've been massive.

          Oh well...still finished up 🙂

          1. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 23 days ago

            Same
            I had Kane TC and went almost half my rank up until lukaku scored

        2. vectorman
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Did for me and I have him, because of who assisted too. Sorry folks but bloody frustrating 😀

      24. Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Has anyone got a link to Sunderland's 2nt goal?

        1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          Nope.

      25. Ravager
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Jaku (Foster)
        Alonso Walker Fernandez (Nyom Funes*)
        Sanchez Siggy King Alli (De Roon)
        Kane Lukaku Llorente

        WC fired up. Who would you keep?

      26. Mark-O
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Kane(c) biggest haul so far

      27. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        NOW I'm happy with (K)ane's 12 🙂

      28. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        Badly need Aguero to get a hat trick

        1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 23 days ago

          It will happen

      29. FootballDog
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        quick one....

        should i get rid of sanchez? so i can fund lukaku....

        my other option is to upgrade King to Son ( get cheaper defender ).

        1FT and 1.3ITB available

        current team:

        Jakupovic / Foster

        Holgate / Valencia / Alonso / Olsson / Stephens

        Hazard / Alli / Sanchez / Coutinho / King

        Kane / Ibra / Anichebe

      30. Digital-Real
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 23 days ago

        A Carroll goal would be sweet now