Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Swansea City vs Liverpool

Gameweek 24 concludes at the Liberty Stadium as Swansea City entertain Liverpool at 8pm.

The visitors boast two of the top five captains in Fantasy Premier League (FPL) for this round of fixtures, with both Mohamed Salah (13.8%) and Roberto Firmino (3.6%) in exceptional form ahead of their trip to south Wales.

Captained by 19 of the top 100 managers heading into Gameweek 24, Salah has returned double-digits on 10 occasions, with a goal or assist in 13 of his last 14 league appearances.

Firmino, meanwhile, has delivered 46 points across his last five starts, which includes two goals in a 5-0 win over the Swans in Gameweek 20.

The Reds’ rampant form had a marked impact on the FPL market ahead of Saturday’s deadline – in terms of transfers in, both Firmino (275,000) and Salah (233,000), along with team-mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (111,000), were among the 10 most popular trades.

The latter retains his place on Jurgen Klopp’s teamsheet in light of his goal and assist in last Sunday’s win over Man City.

Still only costing 5.7, Oxlade-Chamberlain’s claim as a budget midfield pick is enhanced by a schedule that pits the Merseysiders against Huddersfield, Southampton, West Ham and Newcastle in the subsequent five Gameweeks.

At the other end of the pitch, we’ll get the chance to monitor Virgil van Dijk’s impact on the Reds’ rearguard – the January signing has recovered from a hamstring complaint and starts under Klopp for the first time in a league match.

For the hosts, Jordan Ayew has another opportunity to impress as a budget striker option.

Costing 5.1, he was the fourth most transferred in (154,000+) player for Gameweek 24 – the Ghana international has netted in three of the last five and was also on the scoresheet in last week’s FA Cup replay win over Wolves.

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  1. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Lol at Liverpool

  2. Ady87
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Good day to be a United fan!

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Better day to be a Swansea fan ?

  3. Syd.
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Liverpool

    Beat the team at the Top

    Lose to the team at the Bottom

    😆 😆

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    City wins mean crap now

    Typical liverpool. Bottlers

  5. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Fabianski 8 points. You legend.

  6. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Our Cup Exit doesn't look so bad now. 😀

  7. ★Kuntheman★
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    I remember telling my Liverpool mates that I could see them losing to Swansea after beating us

    😆 Classic Liverpool.

  8. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Klopp showed a lot of tactocal naivity in that match.

    - No width from the full backs
    - No dribbling trying to commit defenders from deep
    - Keeping four defenders on the pitch when going one-nil down

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      He also lost 1-0.

    2. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Pack the central areas in defence and the midfield and you keep Pool at bay. Same story each season. Without Coutinho to help dig them out in these situations it gets even harder.

    3. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Also they need a target man to put in when they need to score against defenses like this. Long ball aiming against tiny Ings Salah is ridiculous.

  9. Goalosaurus
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    The end was surprising, VVD actually crossed it instead of shooting!

  10. J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Fabianski is the gift who keeps on giving 🙂

    1. Syd.
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      😎

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      😉

    3. FPL Puppy
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      This!

      I feel I should keep him and not do Fabianski -> Pickford as I originally planned..

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

      Are you going to get Vardy now Jonty? 😀

      1. J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        No need with mahrez netting too ... 🙂

        1. FPL PieMan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 2 months ago

          A bit smug after being so wrong with that Firmino over Vardy stuff! And saying with a fair amount of certainty that Liverpool won’t miss Coutinho based on a few early season games. Every chance they will in games like that. Up there with that Burnley clean sheet against Spurs during the “time to go without Kane”! Always enjoyable listening anyway!

  11. Zenith UK
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    So after tonight's blank from Bobby and Salah I hold first place in my ML by ONE POINT. I do not have Kane but 2nd does (3rd and 4th are 50 points adrift). This is my best FPL season so far (101K OR) but I get bored of sitting on the same team given the majority of people probably hold a similar team to my current one.

    Tempted to make this team using WC;

    Schmeichel / Begovic
    Ota* / Azpi* or Monreal / Smalling* / Alonso* / Chilwell
    Arnie* / Shaq / Salah* / Wilshere or Willian / Son
    Firmino* / Augerooo / JAyew

    Has to be Azpi/Wilshere or Monreal/Willian for funds. Thoughts? * = players already in my squad.

    1. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Patience is a virtue. That side has 5/6 players at risk of blanking in 28 alone. Save your WC for when you actually need it.

      1. Zenith UK
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        That's what FH is for no?

  12. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Never been happier with a 2 pointer.

    #gomezowner

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Robertson is just ugh.

    2. ★Kuntheman★
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Robertson and Salah here. Thrilled with the result.

      1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah, you've done well this week.

  13. Magic Bean
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    FAAAAABIANSKIII

  14. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Lol @ the template.

  15. Cojiro
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Switched to salah (c) from Kun last minute this week... RIP 🙁

    1. OldBenKenobi
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Ouch

    2. We Will Klopp you
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Never switch your captain last minute. Panicked decisions almost never work out better than the decision you came to earlier after carefully considering things, and when they do work out it's pure luck.

  16. OldBenKenobi
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    After that match Firmino and Pogba > JRod and Sanchez is even more appealing 🙁

    1. teki0s
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Nope, Firmino was ok, hit the post in 90+ stick

  17. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Tottenham and Liverpool.Every year the same results.Losers.

    • 8 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Liverpool's creativity looking quite spectacular without Coutinho

    1. Kun, Ayew Nigerian?
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Amazingly spectacular!

  18. Ted Bovis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Lolly Firminio :0)

  19. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    West Brom will do the same at Anfield in the cup.

  20. Toffeeman (A retired FPL ma…
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    HAHAHAHAHA! What a comedy at Swansea. I'm bottomed out. I capped Salah & started Firmino while selling Hazard. That's FPL!

    1. HonestBlatter
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      How to recover?

      1. Toffeeman (A retired FPL ma…
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        I'll figure it out after downing whisky shots & drowning in my sorrows. Too early to use W/C. Guess I have to take a hit or two.

  21. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Firmino over Aguero brigade to go into hiding for a week now? 😛

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Kun (c) + Kane.

      Wooooooh.

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        😎

      2. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        same. probably the perfect result and i own Salah. thought i was in trouble before this game. now into top 200.

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

      Guilty as charged, feeling very foolish right now

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Never even picked Firm over Kun, Firm just seemed to be in form and cheaper.

    4. camarozz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      It's Obe game.

      1. camarozz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 2 months ago

        One

    5. One Man
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Aguero is a beast, but with Jesus eating up his game time (when fit) and Firmino a near dead cert to start all games when fit, the scales aren't as one sided as you might think. Kane is still the man to have tho long term.

    6. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Nearly 3M difference. Was never a straight choice between them for me.

  22. Joggers Nipple
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    so funny

  23. Essan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Was expecting at best 1pt from Fabi - should have captained him!

    not a good week for me

  24. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    I thought Ayew was man of the match tbh .

    1. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      I thought Mawson deserved it he was solid.

  25. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    'Alfie Mawson, and he sold fruit and veg'.

  26. drughi
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Salah (C) next week for sure

  27. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Will Liverpool manage to finish in the top 4 this season?

    1. One Man
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      Yes. I believe they will but it will come down to the last days like last season.

  28. One Man
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Eagerly awaiting to see how both Sanchez and Mkhitaryan do at their respective new clubs.

    What are the predictions for both players now ?

  29. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 2 months ago

    Everyone sell Salah QUICK!

    1. One Man
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 2 months ago

      But who to replace him with ?