Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Saturday

A disrupted Gameweek 28 fixture list delivers just three matches for Saturday afternoon.

Much of our focus will be on the events at Goodison Park, with this week’s leader of the Captain Poll Romelu Lukaku in action against his former side West Bromwich Albion.

The Everton striker is the second most bought player this week, attracting over 363,000 new owners, having returned in each of his last four home outings. The Belgian will be seeking his 19th goal of the season which would represent his biggest ever Premier League season haul; it’s worth noting, however, that the Toffees have failed to score in their last three home encounters against the Baggies.

Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente was the major transfer bandwagon heading into Gameweeks 28 on the back of his brace in the 3-2 win over Burnley. His 375,000 new owners will be hoping he and Gylfi Sigurdsson can produce once again when the Swans travel to Hull City – the Icelander has produced returns in seven of his last eight Gameweeks.

Bournemouth will be looking to put an end to their run of eight matches without a win when they entertain West Ham United on the south coast.

Josh King, who has scored five goals in his last six appearances, could be the key man for the Cherries once again. Meanwhile, the Hammers will look to Andy Carroll and Michail Antonio to inflict the damage. Back from a one-match suspension, the latter will be hoping to end a run of eight matches without a goal – his longest dry spell of the season.

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  1. bluenose11
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Think I overcommitted to this GWK. Is the following worth it? I know the defence is very heavy relative to the template but I think it's worth it.

    cech jaku
    alonso valencia coleman lovren MCCAULEY
    HAZARD MANE siggy barkley king
    lukaku LLORENTE RONDON

    cech jaku
    alonso valencia coleman lovren ALDERWEIRELD
    ALLI COUTINHO siggy barkley king
    lukaku KANE BARNES

    1. L S P
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Cech? Mate...

  2. MartialMatas
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    whats the average after bonus on here?

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      73

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      10

      1. MartialMatas
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        score. not age

        1. F4L
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          probably around 45-50 range

    3. Frank Koscielny
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      67

    4. weed
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      The overall fpl avg is 15.

      35 for top 1k.

    5. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      45 + Cout/Heaton/Firmino

  3. F4L
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Josh King = JK

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      If you told me that Bournemouth had scored 3 goals, I'd have said "you've got to be Jking!"

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        *slow clap

      2. fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I hate West Ham. They let in a boat load of goals against teams I don't own players from. When I own players against them, they are happy to lose 1-2 or whatever.

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Fair play RCA, I didn't even own him either 😆

  4. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    King needs to be dethroned. He's cost me dearly by not having him

    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Read this as deepthroated.

      Good god.

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Turned to the p0rn early this week have you?

      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Whatever floats your boat .. What's flapjack without the "L" ?

  5. Jamelingus
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Question to the great FFS community:

    With Luk - Defoe - Niasse

    do I stick to the plan of the planned move of the latter --> Kane(after the game), or does Niasse have a newfound spring in his step..?

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      get rid of Niasse

      1. Jamelingus
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Just a convenient glimmer of brilliance then 🙂

    2. L S P
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      probably stick to plan but hull does have good fixtures and he's a great diff. i might take the flyer on niasse over defoe and use the extra cash elsewhere

      1. Jamelingus
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers.
        Though have 10.3 ITB, options a plenty!

  6. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    So do those who said having 11 isn't worth it, as players playing each other can't score well still believe having half to three quarters of a team was the best route?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Next time around it could be best to not go all out - that's the beauty of FPL

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Potentially but I always like to have players playing so they have that 'potential' to score points. Even if they don't all score well.

        It's just the same as with a DGW. All about being in the lottery.

    2. GreennRed
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Who said that?

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Many, many people on here.

        1. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Ultimately you pick your own team. People have their opinions up to you to filter plausibility.

          1. Smurf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            I did. I had 11 and I'm sat on 62 with Mane and Cout left.

    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Depends, if I had just done say Lukaku and Lanzini -4 I would have better off not taking the other -8 too since I already had the Colemans, Siggy's etc.

    4. E25
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I think for a lot of people having 11 would have meant -16 or -20 - which I'd argue wouldn't be worth it.
      The City DGW screwed a lot of GW28 planning

  7. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Very well played to all those with King / Mawson / Lukaku etc. Also well done to the Scout Picks for a very good result today.

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      not hard tbh

      1. F4L
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        actually, the scout picks make me hard 😎

        1. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          No Xham? 😉

      2. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        If that is true then everyone would be scoring 50+ pts this GW and we know that is not the case.

        1. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          I've 65 from 8. Don't get much bigmeup time here 🙂

  8. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    So do we think brunt was one of the players pulis said needed a rest?

    And should regain his starting place?

    Cheers

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yes, 100%

  9. fedolefan
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Have the baps been finalized?

  10. The Handsome Hunk
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    kun + Ibra to kane + costa for (-4).

    Want them ASAP but if hit is justified or not ?

    1. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Do it

  11. Pierce34
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I was very close to taking a hit for Robertson and Llorente, but in the end decided no hits was a good differential. Now, I very rarely brag, but will end up with 58 points without any hits. 🙂

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Let's face it, a couple of players made your GW 😉

      1. weed
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        That Mawson goal made my day.
        Rival had Jakup (cleanie wiped)
        I had Mawson and Siggy

      2. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yep, I admit it wasn't really rocket science. I wonder if anyone here captained King this week though, I didn't have the balls to do so.

  12. HVT
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Sell Costa or Aguero for Kane?

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero

    2. KingNidge
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Kun

    3. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero

    4. HVT
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks

  13. matiakez
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Snodgrass up their with fuchs and rondon as the worst transfers I've made this year. Between them about 20 points in 18 weeks.

  14. vardys party
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Do we know what projected average so far is? On 32 after bonus, hoping for a green...

    1. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Average is 15, top 1000 average is 35.

      Impossible though because of auto subs.

  15. KingNidge
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ronald Koeman confirms Leighton Baines is fine and will be fit for next weekend after being replaced by Ramiro Funes Mori at half-time.

    Baines flagged

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      It's madness

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      #Pray4Leighton

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

      Does Mark own him? No. Explains the flag.

  16. lordkippe
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    38 with no hits. mane(C) and coutinho left should be decent?

  17. FantaCity
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Just in - I see there has been a ***king hattrick

  18. Tim Canterbury
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    That was crazy. Hell to heaven. Brunt and Snod benched, King misses a pen, Llorente injured. Then a truck load of points

    1. Sonic Huth
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      What a crazy gw

  19. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    How bad are West Ham?

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      bad

      1. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Got to be loving beating the geordies. COYW

        1. F4L
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          bigtime! Annoyed by the pen tho, let Sess take it!

          1. E25
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Can't believe he is still 16. Madness

          2. The Pesci challenge
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            I know of all the people on the pitch it had to be ream. Joke

      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        really bad, they got King Konged today

  20. Sadio
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Best GK combo from now until the end of the year:

    Pickford and who?

    1. KingNidge
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Jaku

    2. Van der Faart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Probably Heaton

    3. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Forster

    4. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Heaton Forshaw

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

        The hell is Forshaw?

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

          Haven't you read the T&Cs for members ..Instead of "For sure" = "Forshaw"

  21. Hobolicious
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    16 points after hits and bonus points. Anyone worse?

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

      10 pts, there goes my top 10k rank

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      there will be

    3. Toure The Route
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      On 20 something after hits.
      Not having King, Baines instead of Coleman and Mane captain instead of Lukaku cost around 35 points .
      Gutted but have to move on .

  22. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Can we sack the injury flagger at FPL?

    Clearly, they hate Baines

    1. KingNidge
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Only flagged recently too perhaps after Koeman said that.. case of blatantly made up flag on this occasion.. amateur stuff

  23. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Planing and planing and planing...and suddenly thousands of managers realize gw28 has only four games and they do one and only transfer.Josh King...15 points and suddenly you realize that the thousands have the same or more points than you...

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      its gets worse, he got 18 mate

      1. wulfrunian
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        18 what ever

    2. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Sometimes the best solution is the simplest and most obvious one.

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Why is olsson flagged?

    1. McQueen
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ankle injury? Also own him, got him today, great feeling. NOT.

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Injured during game.

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        FFS. I played to play him vs Boro in a few weeks. Makes the pick over Mawson all the worse.

        1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Played 90 so hopefully not serious and might play next game

    3. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      To LOL @ us for not getting Mawson

      1. McQueen
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yup, he was 4.5 and more attacking. Yep, Mawson is the one to have. Two 50/50 decisions that went wrong tiday. Lanzini/King and Ollson/Mawson. Grrr

    4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Ffs

  25. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero and Brunt to Costa and Walker -4?

    1. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Yup.

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers RD

    2. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Assuming you already have Kane, sure

  26. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Lost my Maguire cleanie but it's ok when Siggy assists Mawson! 🙂

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Benched Jaku with those 2 🙂

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

        I played Heaton benched Jaku!

    2. jason_ni
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Had Jaku and Robertson.. hate an injury time goal which has no outcome on the game other to cost me points!

    3. Sonic Huth
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Same!

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

        Harsh guys! FPL is a cruel mistress.

  27. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Great week for the ScoutPicks.

  28. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Long term which do you prefer:
    A) King, Costa

    B) Mane, Gabiadini

    I'm leaning B, but Costa is mr consistant

    1. Pirlø's Pen
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      B fo sure

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

      A

  29. F4L
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    I want the Baps out now

  30. Numb
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Llorente was due for another price rise tonight as well. Won't happen now of course.