Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Crystal Palace vs Burnley

With just two goals from Saturday’s action so far, we now turn to the tea-time kick-off at Selhurst Park to provide some much-needed entertainment and Fantasy returns.

Crystal Palace host Burnley having enjoyed an influx of investment on the back of their double Gameweek 34, ensuring that many will have interest in this evening’s encounter.

Christian Benteke – one of the few success stories with a 14-point return – heads into the match backed by 608,000+ FPL managers, with 172,000 opting to hand him the captaincy ahead of the Clarets clash – that includes 21 of the top 100 managers.

In contrast, Wilfried Zaha owes his recent investors. He was brought in by 144,000+ ahead of Gameweek 34 only to return just three points. More than 46,000 have shipped him out ahead of today’s clash.

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

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  1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Come on wladimir. Anyone watching fight..wladimir decision for me

    1. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      AJ 1-4 rounds

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Jab fest. Jab and move. Wlad all the way

        1. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 9 days ago

          We'll see soon

          1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 9 days ago

            The klit I've followed over the years will dominate this kind of fighter.. question is. Is he over the hill

  2. Guvnor
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Zaha + Coutinho > Sanchez + T. Caroll/Davies/Albrighton for -4?

    Thoughts?

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Yes, with Albrighton.

      1. Guvnor
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Cheers

  3. Puzzle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Any reason to hold onto Lukaku on a WC? Bought at 9.5, always a bit difficult to sell off.

    1. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      The next 2 fixtures especially gw37 are very good.

      1. Puzzle
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        I know. Still pretty certain I'll end up with only DGW strikers.

    2. AdamB
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Not really.
      The bright side is you're making a 0.4 profit.

  4. THFC4LIFE
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Anyone know if Jesus is gonna rise tonight? I know a lot of wildcards active

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

      Probably not.

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      fplstats thinks so

      1. THFC4LIFE
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Surely due to wildcards if he rises it prices me out

  5. Martial Law
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Can't afford Sanchez but worth getting Walcott?

    1. makaveli123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      No

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      i like wally a lot, but dont think hes a substitute for sanchez...... however arses form at the mo

  6. Tronity
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    On a wildcard - do you prefer:

    A) Vertonghen, Alonso, Gabbiadini
    B) Holgate, Stephens, Kane

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

      B

    2. My Name Is Prince
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Neither to be honest.... For me Kane and Alonso are must haves...

      1. Tronity
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Do you think Costa is a must have too?

  7. My Name Is Prince
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    WC active, and it feels good!!! Is there anything to be aware of right now? Like the fact that maybe just buy Yoshida and Stephens into my team right now cause they are rising in price tonight even though I might not want them in the end... Just in case...

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      I have done this to capture rises.

      1. My Name Is Prince
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Yeah, who's your goalies... Caballero surely has to be in too, could rise tonight or tomorrow and if Bravo is out for the season..... A no-brainer...

    2. Pep's Money Laundry
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Buy them now, get rid later. You never know they might have a double rise during the week so you can sell for a profit

    3. SuperMario
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Just pulled the trigger.. Done same..

      Who are you actually thinking you will end up wanting come deadline? Its a bit of a mind f**k actually..

      1. My Name Is Prince
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Yeah, I have no idea, I think I will just end up with both of them as they are so cheap, can have a killer midfield with them, and they do have two doubles... (At least one of them will play both I reckon...)

    4. My Name Is Prince
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Will buy Jesus for this reason also I think... Hmm....

  8. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Up to 205k aftr a disastrous 6 straight reds to 1 million mark !!

    9 straight greens. Anyone better than that hot streak?? 🙂 🙂

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

      Kane (c) gonna smash it this gw 🙂

    2. Mina Threat
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Nice one. In GW16 I was 1,912,045. Only 2 red arrows to break the hot streak and up to 157,733

  9. Harper (No more Penandes)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Up to 170 now.

    This may be as high as I'll ever be.

    1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      dont look down 😉

      1. Harper (No more Penandes)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        It may be all down from here on

    2. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Wow. Take a screenshot and retire.

    3. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      You burst my bubble man 🙂 🙂

      1. Harper (No more Penandes)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Haha, sorry about that dude:)

    4. Tossed & Blown in MY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      well done~

      cheers~

  10. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Do I have my essentialnessiality order about right?

    a) Hazard
    b) Sanchez
    c) Kane
    d) Eriksen
    e) Alli
    f) Costa
    g) Sane

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

      Not sure if Costa will be essential

    2. Tossed & Blown in MY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      for now.. yes for me.

  11. NestorC
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    What do you think about this one?

    Willy Cech
    Alonso Bailly Gabriel Yoshi Holgate
    Haz Sanch Erik Sane King
    Kane Jesus Gabbi

    Cheers

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

      Solid. Jealous that you can afford that.

      1. NestorC
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Hits and hits spent to get it

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

      Like it. Not far off my WC played last nite.

      1. NestorC
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Than good luck to us mate

    3. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      14/15 same as what I'm looking at. You can afford Bailly over my Stephens though! Solid team 😀

      1. NestorC
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Is that good or bad that we have same teams, I mean do you have luck? 😀

  12. FFrulesmylife
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    BB next week or 37?

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

      37, no question.

      1. FFrulesmylife
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Even with 5 Arsenal and saints players combined?

        1. FFrulesmylife
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 9 days ago

          Got TC too

          1. Tossed & Blown in MY
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 9 days ago

            then tc 37..

  13. Guvnor
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Hazard vs Sanchez?

    1. FFrulesmylife
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Sanchez 100%

    2. Tossed & Blown in MY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      for next gameweek.. hazard for the rest

      1. FFrulesmylife
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        disagree. Chelsea will wrap up league and hazard will take a rest

      2. Guvnor
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Contemplating a -4 hit for next GW and wondering which to get.
        Maybe Sanchez in for GW36 and then Sanchez>Hazard for GW37?

        1. FFrulesmylife
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 9 days ago

          So both?! No issue then I guess

  14. Tossed & Blown in MY
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Good day all~

    Need some feedback on this draft wc

    Boruc
    Kompany // Yoshida // Gabriel // Stephens
    Hazard // Eriksen // Sane // Ozil
    Gabbiadini // Kane

    Subs: Jakupovic, Davies, T.Carroll, Jesus

    Any feedback will be helpful. Thanks. Cheers~

    1. Tossed & Blown in MY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      0.0m in the bank btw..

      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Consider losing Davies with Rose coming back.

        1. Tossed & Blown in MY
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 9 days ago

          ok noted. thanks.

  15. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Double up Stephens and Yoshida for next weeks

    Yes or No? Need to do tonight as looks like price rise and exact funds to make that move and get Monreal tomorrow

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

      I don't like it. I see it in a lot of wildcard drafts, and it seems destined for failure.

    2. AdamB
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Do it.

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      *move is Mawson to Stephens

    4. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Get them now and you can always sell one later if on a WC.

    5. Tossed & Blown in MY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      yes for the thrill of dgw

    6. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      I'm doing it but benching Stephens for GW36. I just don't see any better, cheap enablers for BB in GW37.

  16. VFORVANDETA
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Any suggetion on this team? 1ft 0.4itb

    Caballero
    Alonso Gabriel Company (Yoshida Blind)
    Hazard Sanchez Eriksen King Coutinho
    Kane Gabbiadini (Tekkers)

    a)Tekkers Blind> Jesus Stephens -4
    b)Gabb Tekkers> JEsus Barnes
    c)Save
    d)Others

    1. Tossed & Blown in MY
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      c

  17. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    What happened to Gabbi?

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Not much, Southampton were pretty poor and he didn't get chances. Substitution was tactical, though I guess he's not 100% yet after his injury.

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Is he a hold?

        1. Pierce34
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 9 days ago

          I'm holding, would still be foolish not to ahead of the DGWs.

          However if GW36 is also a fail I have money in the bank for Gabbiadini & Sane to Albrighton and Jesus.

          1. *sigh*
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 9 days ago

            Yeah I'm holding too. Needs better service though.

            1. Pierce34
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 9 days ago

              Agreed, could JWP be the answer?

              1. *sigh*
                • 12 Years
                7 years, 9 days ago

                The mids looked lacklustre and weren't pressing Hull when they had the ball at all.

          2. Pierce34
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 9 days ago

            Though obviously I'd prefer Gabbiadini and Sane to work out and Jesus to flop 😛

    2. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Tactical substitution but to be honest they could have taken any of the forwards/mids off

  18. Pierce34
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Wow, after getting 20 points I thought I was due a small red but I actually rose 800ish places to 8859th. Must've been the Gabbiadini and Benteke captainers that fell back.

  19. Harper (No more Penandes)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Whats the case for going Eriksen over Alli, is it because he is a bit cheaper?

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      I don't know. Most games are away and Eriksen better at home and might play deep as long as Dembele injured. I sold in ML

    2. Only a Hazard of time
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      He's on corners and free kicks

    3. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Better option when Kane is in team apparently

  20. PL Ball
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    I can take as many hits as i want.. to profit from price rises.
    And then if i WC, all hits go away..

    Correct?

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

      Yes

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

        Wouldn't it be great though if that wasn't the case and everyone propagated this rumor to make people suffer?

        1. PL Ball
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 9 days ago

          Oh now that's just pure evil! lol

    2. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      You can play WC make few hits confirm. Then make trades for profit and not risk forgetting to save on deadline

      1. PL Ball
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        Nice one. Thanks Kiwi!

  21. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Anyone know why pieters didn't start and if he is likely to start next week?

  22. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Had Jaku all week starting GK on WC but as placeholder and swapped for Caballero yest 😆

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Haha same, it's still the logical move to play Caballero vs. Middlesbrough though, even if he's unlikely to beat Jakupovic's 14.

  23. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Anyone keeping Lukaku on their WC?

    1. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Have to sell to get Kane with Sanchez incoming.

  24. VFORVANDETA
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Costa or Jesus and why?

    1. For Fuchs Sake
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Wait until after tomorrow, not nailed currently.

  25. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Why are people going with Kane over Costa? More expensive and trickier fixtures?

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Costa isn't a double figure merchant. Last week was 4th all season? Not on pens

  26. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Any thoughts on Deeney for a cheap DGW'er? More secure than Rashford and maybe Gabbi now too..?

  27. Infamy, Infamy
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Have £20.8m for a MID and FWD.

    Already have Eriksen, Alli, Hazard and Kane.

    A. Costa and De Bruyne?
    B. Costa and Ozil?
    C. Sanchez and Jesus?
    D. Other - suggestions welcome !!

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

      Sanchez seems essential. Jesus vs other forward is up to you.

  28. Guvnor
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    With all these WCs active. Any idea who might rise tonight?

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

      Probably someone unexpected like King.

  29. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    Is having both Sanchez and Hazard worth it on WC, Or Sanchez 36 -> Haz 37?

    1. VFORVANDETA
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Both

  30. hannesdela
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 9 days ago

    On a wildcard this GW, should I transfer in guys that might rise, even though I won't necessarily keep them?

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

      Definitely.