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Dugout Discussion – Saturday

Gameweek 21 is upon us with six afternoon kick-offs getting things underway.

Fantasy managers will be fixated on Stamford Bridge and Anfield in particular, with Liverpool and Chelsea backed for big victories and points aplenty.

Mohamed Salah is the most-captained player for the Gameweek and starts against Leicester City having produced a goal or an assist in 11 of his previous 12 Gameweeks.

He sits alongside Roberto Firmino in a Liverpool front three, with the Brazilian having produced three successive double-figure returns. Meanwhile, Philippe Coutinho also starts in a powerful Liverpool line-up. He’s supplied four goals and five assists from his last five Gameweek starts.

But Leicester could provide a stubborn barrier at Anfield, which is perhaps not the case at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea’s opponents Stoke apparently conceding the match from kick-off.

Cursed by injuries at the back and with Kurt Zouma ineligible to face his parent club, Mark Hughes makes the decision to keep key players in reserve.

Antonio Conte has also made changes, resting his own star man – Eden Hazard. The Blues boss brings in Pedro and Willian to flank Alvaro Morata, while Andreas Christensen returns from illness but only makes the bench.

Elsewhere, Richarlison will bid to revive his Fantasy stock after failing to find the net in eight Gameweeks. He faces bottom club Swansea City at Vicarage Road with just three assists to his name over that dry spell.

Clean sheets will be the order of the day across the remaining matches, with Everton, Burnley and Brighton all popular sources of budget defensive signings.

However, with squads stretched, there will doubtless some managers relying on points from Huddersfield strikers Laurent Depoitre and Colin Quaner when they take on the Clarets.

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

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

    amazing how abo Salah beat Maguire in the second goal

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      maguire the big lump tried to tag himself to salah

  2. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hazard and Richarlison to Alli and Son 2FT?

    Could get Eriksen for Alli

  3. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    These pages are going mega quick!!!

    1. Fresh_From_Desh
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Too quick to have a moan

  4. Viper
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hazard & RLC - > Eriksen & Arnautovic. No hit.

    Look OK? Might do Elliot - > Adrian for a hit

    1. Sepp Blattered
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      perfect.

  5. Sepp Blattered
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Advice on Xmas period - pick the players who will give you the minutes and not in danger of getting rested.

    For that reason - I'm going Eriksen over Son 🙂

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Inb4 Eriksen rested

  6. Sahil Yadav
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    One of Alli and Son or both with a hit? I have Kane and Arnie for the DGW

    1. Sahil Yadav
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      One for free

  7. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Everywhere I look ... FPL managers chowing down on jam butties.

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

      😡

  8. Stevie B
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Eriksen, Alli or Son for the next game week? How will get more points? How will play both games? Thank you!

  9. Karan14
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    47 with Jones, Sterling & Ota left.

    Hopefully a green arrow tomorrow after my captain is switched!

  10. faux_C
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Liverpool B to beat Utd tonight would be lovely.

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

      hahahahahaha

  11. Jimbo-Jones
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Rage transfers Morata out.

    Rival captained Haz, Salah vice.

    1. faux_C
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Lots of people have that Haz+Salah thing. Not worth being annoyed about.

  12. Gazpilicueta
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Hazard and Grey to

    Eriksen and Arnie

    whadya reckon?

  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    swansea win, not a bad side anymore. Kane starts

  14. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Again I would just like to thank Schindler for making sure my gameweek wasn’t a total disaster! Currently on 9 points for him. Not too shabby! 🙂

  15. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    Long Pope 12 pointer 😀

    1. WE GO FOR IT
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Mee, Pope, Schindler 20 pointer!

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

      Nice. I got mee 5 with pope on my bench elliot got a clean sheet tho that's ok

  16. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    F.A.O. Mods:

    Shall we be getting a DGW article in time, gents? 🙂

  17. Jeremy Corbyn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 4 months ago

    I'm so depressed

    1. MTPockets
        6 years, 4 months ago

        But expected value...
        Made sense at the time.

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

          Yes 🙁

      • Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        You & me, both (and Firmino, too...)

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

      Kane alli son (-4) enough for dgw?
      Or should i get masuaku (-8) ?

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

        Don't take a hit

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

      Going forward, would you rather have RLC or Richarlison?

    4. Fresh_From_Desh
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Kabasele, what a terrible purchase

      1. Karan14
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Agreed need to sell him asap.

    5. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      didnt waste my ft in kane to morata, my captain hazard, my vice salah, 38 pts 9 players, a good day

    6. Ian Davis
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      A) Alli + Son

      or

      B) Eriksen + Son

      * can’t afford Eriksen & Alli

      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        I just don’t know if Son will play both games.

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

          Agreed.

    7. FPL Puppy
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      KDB + RLC + Rich -> Alli + Arnie + Son? -4.

      Unforunately I will need 0.2 to make this work, so Fabianski to Adrian for -4 is the only logical move.

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

        So it's really -8. No way.

        1. FPL Puppy
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah, I know it’s too much. The DGW is making my mind go nuts. 😎

    8. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Chelsea 5-0
      Can't wait to log in and see how many points I've got from haz and Christensen 😎

      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        LOL

    9. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      54 from 7

    10. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Nice red arrow coming for me this week... goodbye top 5k.

      Really regret not using a transfer on Ryan now and having a zero GK. Did not expect both Christensen AND Haz to get zero minutes. Thought Haz might at least get on from the bench. Somehow ended up fielding only 9 players.

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

        Will be back next gw

    11. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Fellow Morata cappers, he was a good option on paper don’t beat yourselves up about it. Luck just wasn’t on our side today

      1. Mark
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        6 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah. I thought it was worth a go. I had 50% of Salah's return whereas a Morata haul would have been a minor differential. It was a gamble and a little unfortunate given he may have taken the spot-kick.

        Not the end of the world. He could score one of his arse at the Emirates whereas Bobby, the only other alternative up front, may not play.

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

          You were spot on about Hazard, Mark. Hats off to you.

          P.S. any chance of you hiring Powell?

        2. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah hopefully Mark lol. Dgw next, easy to make up the lost points

    12. Mind över Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Shift RLC or Richarlison?

      Fab / Adrian
      Christiensen / Duffy / Otta / Kenny / Ogbonna
      Hazard / Richarlison / Salah / RLC / Sterling
      DCL / Kane / Morata

    13. Delph & Safety
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Arnautovic and Richarlison rotate very well. Anyone looking at it?

    14. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 4 months ago

      Not looking forward to my huge rank drop tomorrow night.