Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Liverpool vs Everton

After a 1-1 stalemate at St Mary’s, we now move to Anfield as Liverpool and Everton square up in the first Merseyside derby of the season.

The big news is that Jurgen Klopp has named both Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino on the hosts’ bench for the 2.15pm encounter.

The Reds’ Brazilians were among the top four players for transfers in last week, with 293,000+ and 220,000+ new owners respectively.

Mohamed Salah owners can breathe a sigh of relief, though, as he’s named on the teamsheet up front along with Dominic Solanke and Sadio Mane.

Second only to Harry Kane for the Gameweek 16 captaincy, the Egyptian has been handed the armband by 15.8% of Fantasy Premier League managers on the back of three sets of double-digit hauls in his last five league outings.

Mane, meanwhile, has two sets of 10+ hauls in his last three league starts and netted twice at home to Spartak Moscow in midweek.

For Everton, the form of budget frontman Dominic Calvert-Lewin has caught the eye of late. He was the sixth most transferred in (157,000+) player for Gameweek 16 after bagging a goal and assist against Huddersfield last time out.

The youngster retains his start, though Sam Allardyce also names Oumar Niasse on the Toffees’ teamsheet for the first time since Gameweek 12.

Gylfi Sigurdsson is another to monitor ahead of back-to-back encounters with Newcastle and Swansea – the Toffees’ playmaker has served up attacking returns in each of the previous four league fixtures.

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  1. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Come on Everton!

  2. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Everton take my energy ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

  3. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Need points Salah!

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

    1-0 Solanke (Rooney) please and thank you 🙂

  5. F4L
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Liverpool about to hand out a pasting

  6. Scout Pics
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Everton clean sheet incoming

  7. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Mane brace imminent.

    1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Mane has previous for 4 goals. Screw the brace that’s rookie esque

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    O'Sullivan vs Murphy

    What a match this is going to be.

  9. Alex_thekid
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Mo Salah

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Mo Salad

  10. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    What Salah’s EO?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      120% in Top 10k. Need a blank as a Kane(c)

      1. McEwan
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Nice! A blank today seen as everyone has him is just fine!

      2. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      119% in 10k.

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        That's not possible

        1. CloudSky
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 4 months ago

          It is.

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      What does EO mean?

  11. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Snowing in Liverpool.

  12. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    (C)outinho locked in for next week

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      😎

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

    Need some serious help, only one of my defender played this gw and now i need to sort it out with 1.5m itb. Suggestions?
    (Mustafi, Daniels, Kiko, Mee, Rosenior)

    1. GOTHAM City F.C.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      With 1FT (i presume) would sort Rosenior first.

  14. arndff_
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    What the... Coutinho on the bench. Why?

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Rotation

    2. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Klopp has mane and salah in his fantasy clearly

      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Hahah! Seems like its true. 😀

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Rotation, rotation, rotation.

    4. Leonard hatred
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Didn't train, has an ankle thing.

      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Haven't heard about it... Thanks

  15. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    RP

    Klopp said that this kind of rotation is needed for clubs in CL.

    Meanwhile he's playing his big guns for 90 minutes in a 7:0 blowout victory.

  16. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hope Everton punish Klopp for that lineup

    1. arndff_
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      This 🙂

      1. Scout Pics
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Hope Everton punish them regardless

  17. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Come on Niasse, a hat-trick please

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      You'll get a brace

  18. MiLK2018
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Can someone tell me the link to check stats and bonus points? Thought it’s FPL discovery

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Yes, it is

      https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/

    2. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      You can check bonus points on FPL site. Just click on the games played.

  19. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Why does Allardyce have an ear piece on

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Direct line to the referee ?

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Need to have contact with them bookies.

      1. Sims
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        haha

    3. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Directions from the guys he is taking bungs from.

  20. ★Kuntheman★
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    For those of you freaking out about City's lineup:

    Ederson
    Walker Otamendi Kompany Delph
    De Bruyne Fernandinho Silva
    Sterling Aguero Sane

    If it is any different it would be a shock to most City fans and pundits alike.

    1. Scout Pics
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah because there has never been a shock in a city line up before

  21. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Sam Allardyce and Sammy Lee. What a combo.

  22. BbBb
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Salah not as effective on the right? Can't cut in and use his right to shoot... strange having mane on left instead for me

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Thankfully Salah can still cut in and shoot with his stronger left foot though 🙂

  23. Siggy in the Middle
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    It's weird watching a match wanting one of my players (Salah) to blank. My ML rival captained him while I went for Hazard.

  24. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Kenny on set pieces

    1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Who is kenny?

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Everton guy

      2. Scout Pics
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        King Kenny

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      South Park Kenny ?

  25. Pierce34
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Is Kenny nailed? With Jagielka and Keane coming back they should slot back into the centre, and Holgate could be a threat to Kenny?

    1. Scout Pics
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Nailed

  26. justlikehoney
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Coutinho and Firmino owners seething haha

    Is Solanke now an option at 4.7m? if you are clever enough to figure out which games Klopp is going to play him.

    1. BbBb
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Perhaps, but why waste a Liverpool slot on him?

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        It's only a 'waste' if you plan to fill all 3. I've only got 1.

    2. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Has he even scored or assisted yet? Just not worth it considering sturridge and firmino are both lurking

  27. arndff_
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Elliot > Speroni for a hit?

    Gonna lose 0.1 from Elliot tonight (probably).

    1. Siggy in the Middle
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      No

    2. BbBb
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      He might play the next match, Darlow was poor

      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks!

    3. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      No.
      Elliot and Hennessey will both be back 1st choices by christmas.

    4. Scout Pics
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Definitely

      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Is your comment serious? Cause all previous replies said it's not worth it.

    5. Jekori
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Try to get Adrian instead. Has impressed recently, unlike speroni

      1. arndff_
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        My other GK is DDG. Also, don't have an extra 0.2M.

  28. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    That kick

  29. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Pickford just wasting goal kicks. Three in a row now

    1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Doing a joe hart then? I don’t honk half the people even notice but when keepers like joe hart kick the ball out it pretty much straight to the other team or a battle for possession. Obviously pep clocked this but really if you see how many keepers just squander possession by just booting it willy billy and hoping for the best it’s a chit tactic

      1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        There’s a lot of keeper who really need to work on their distribution

  30. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Zegelaar to Kenny ?