The Dugout Discussion - Gameweek 1 - Man United vs Swansea - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

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O’Reilly
Senesi
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Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

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Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	110.2%	Very Likely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	86.2%	Likely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	93.3%	Likely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	96.1%	Likely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	86.1%	Maybe
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	89.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	81.6%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	75.9%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	72.3%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	68.8%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	68.8%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	55.9%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	70.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.6%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	54.2%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	65.7%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	61.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	59.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	44.0%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	62.0%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.4%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	60.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	55.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	60.7%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.8%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.1m	37.1%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.0%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	48.4%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	49.7%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	7.9m	39.2%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	41.1%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	40.2%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.5m	32.7%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.1%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.3%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.9m	37.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	39.4%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	106.5%	Very Likely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	100.4%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	103.0%	Very Likely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	90.4%	Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.8%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.6%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.4%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.4%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.4%	Very Likely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	94.6%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.4%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	96.8%	Maybe
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	89.1%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.2%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.8%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	93.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.4%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	87.7%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	93.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	92.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	90.7%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.2%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.1%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	87.7%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.4%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.4%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	82.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	85.7%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	84.0%	Unlikely
Mosquera	ARS	5.4m	81.9%	Unlikely
White	ARS	5.4m	53.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	85.0%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.5m	79.1%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	83.5%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 1 – Man United vs Swansea

16 August 2014 2747 comments

Mark

And we’re underway. All our deadlines have passed and the season is here. It all starts at Old Trafford.

Normally the home of trophies and glory, this season United will host teams bereft of silverware but still buoyant, thanks to the Louis van Gaal revolution.

There’s room for optimism. A goal-strewn pre-season accompanied by all the right noises from the manager carries United into an opening day clash with Swansea who are asked to take up the role of sitting ducks. However, the visitors will have other ideas. With the bulk and pace of Wilfried Bony and Bafétimbi Gomis at their disposal, Garry Monk’s side have the weapons to disrupt a make-shift United back-line. It’s going to be interesting.

There should be goals. There should be points. Our expectations are raised by the fact that the world and his wife have the armband on Mr Rooney. The familiar tide of joy and frustration is just minutes away.

Fantasy Football and The Dugout Discussion has returned and it feels good. Enjoy the game.

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Piggs Boson
11 years, 4 months ago
3-1 United
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1. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  That would be a good result for Newcastle vs City
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2. TheDogTor
  11 years, 4 months ago
  bookmarked
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3. DF
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Yep.
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Telpuialion
11 years, 4 months ago
4-4-2 coming up in the second half!
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
No way I'm going to beat my ML rivals this season after that half.
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1. potatoace
  11 years, 4 months ago
  good job there's another 759 halfs to go then.
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Mata to Rooney one pass in the first half 😮
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
Repost:

Contributors League http://fantasy.premierleague.com/my-leagues/18792/standings/

Mark's team (not in the Contributors League, cause he is afraid) http://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/6907/event-history/1/

Notes: Both Mark and Granville benched Siggy and Evs of course didn't
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1. The Bandit
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Stalker alert
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2. Piggs Boson
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I posted this about 30 minutes ago...
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
11 years, 4 months ago
lvg ht sub?
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Glut Von Smark
11 years, 4 months ago
where do I put my team ID for the RMT in members section?
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Curly619
11 years, 4 months ago
Idiots ! FPL is won in the first 45 minutes of the first game played .
People saying oh yeah shouldn't of benched Siggy ,hindsight is your best friend.
So what you benched Siggy ,how do you know the other guy isn't going to go aswell or better ?

I think it's better to judge after the whole week.
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1. Curly619
  11 years, 4 months ago
  *isn't won
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  1. DF
    11 years, 4 months ago
    *Shouldn't have
    ...if you're looking for accuracy and all
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2. Jar Jar Dinks
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Sense is misplaced here.
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Keith Kiely
11 years, 4 months ago
Benched Siggy... Not a good start so far
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1. In Like Flynn.
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Me too. These things happen.
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  1. Keith Kiely
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Just hope Rooney performs now so my Captain brings home the points..
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2. ChelseaKTBFF
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Why would you bench him :s He was bound to do something against the uber defense of might Blackett
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  1. Keith Kiely
    11 years, 4 months ago
    The defense was solid pre-season really. I just thought he would not do much in the game. I thought he would just play well but no FPL impact in this game
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Zep
11 years, 4 months ago
For those who are unsure of the BPS, it doesn't look too bad when you consider the multiplication effect... 3x > 1x

De Gea 5 2
Smalling 13 4
Jones 13 4
Blackett 14 4
Mata 6 2
Fletcher 6 2
Young 5 2
Lingard 3 1
Januzaj 3 1
Herrera 3 1
Hernández 3 1
Rooney 3 1

Fabianski 8 2
Williams 15 5
Taylor 3 1
Rangel 6 2
Amat 11 4
Siggy 14 4
Routledge 3 1
Dyer 0 0
Shelvey 4 1
Ki 22 7
Bony 3 1
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1. Zep
  11 years, 4 months ago
  That looks terrible, sorry...
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potatoace
11 years, 4 months ago
Why the fek is Rory showing off his trophies at old trafford
bit random init
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1. Zep
  11 years, 4 months ago
  That's marketing for you...
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crazyasianac
11 years, 4 months ago
Moses to stoke on loan confirmed
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Mr_Partridge
11 years, 4 months ago
Rooney will get a pen in the 2nd half

1-1 draw for me
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Dušan Citizen
11 years, 4 months ago
Naylor is my 3rd sub 🙁
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1. TheDogTor
  11 years, 4 months ago
  same we can't win em all
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Deano
11 years, 4 months ago
What's the site for BPs that Aqua runs?
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pundit of punts
11 years, 4 months ago
CBs mopping up Baps as usual.

Lol @ everyone picking FBs.
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1. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Cahill - Lovren - Caulker 😎
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2. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Based on half of a scrappy, terrible match?
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3. Fabreghastly
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Not everyone, 😉
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4. Jairzinho
  11 years, 4 months ago
  4 CB and 1 FB here.
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Butthead
11 years, 4 months ago
United will still win this. Stupid to write them off already.
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1. Moin
  11 years, 4 months ago
  yup
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2. Kew Pee Arr
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Last seasons 7 home losses and this is a way worse team than in those says no effin chance
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RabMac
11 years, 4 months ago
Lot of knee jerking. 😆
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1. Kew Pee Arr
  11 years, 4 months ago
  sense more like
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Santi sensei
11 years, 4 months ago
All i need from this match is Jones header from Mata's free kick! Come on !!
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1. For Fuchs Sake
  11 years, 4 months ago
  +10000000
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2. Keith Kiely
  11 years, 4 months ago
  No no no... Mata cross and ROONEY header
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3. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 4 months ago
  No, Young cross, Blackett goal 😉
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4. Woy of the Wovers
  11 years, 4 months ago
  No points for headers...
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Pedram
11 years, 4 months ago
I believe in Rooooonay
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SW6
11 years, 4 months ago
Pundits all last year and now at HT here constantly trying to analyse what's wrong with Utd. None of them ever point out that their players are simply average and often not as good as the opposition. No point trying to look at style/system. Blackett, Young, Fletcher, Smalling, Jones, Hernandez are so mediocre it's sad.
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1. Moin
  11 years, 4 months ago
  After reading this Post..I know why you aren't a pundit..
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  1. SW6
    11 years, 4 months ago
    You think any of those players are close to the same level as the ones in City/Arsenal/Chelsea's squads?
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  2. TheDogTor
    11 years, 4 months ago
    He's probably not a pundit but his argument isn't flawed
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  3. Gimli son of Gloin
    11 years, 4 months ago
    He is right. None of them with start for Spurs.
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    1. Gimli son of Gloin
      11 years, 4 months ago
      would*
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2. Wilshere Knowledge
  11 years, 4 months ago
  And Rooney. 😉
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3. lifes a pitch
  11 years, 4 months ago
  its a joke
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Epic Fail
11 years, 4 months ago
Scholes' suggested tactics - "Pass it to Wayne Rooney"

Sign him up LvG.
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Your Mum's Athletic
11 years, 4 months ago
@Oddschecker 17s

#VanGaalOut is trending. 66/1 he's the next Premier League gaffer to go - 😆
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1. Moin
  11 years, 4 months ago
  lol
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Super John McGinn-
11 years, 4 months ago
Wow I've just looked at Evs' team and we have the same apart from like 2 players, scary
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1. Yes Don
  11 years, 4 months ago
  them 2 players are the difference between mediocrity & greatness
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  1. Super John McGinn-
    11 years, 4 months ago
    He has Bruce and Chambers, I have Caulker and Hutton 🙂
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HuttonDressedasLahm
11 years, 4 months ago
DDG out and bringing in Blackett looks like a good saving of a million now 🙂
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1. Arse Craic
  11 years, 4 months ago
  very good
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  1. Arse Craic
    11 years, 4 months ago
    De Gea pen save incoming….
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2. Jimmers
  11 years, 4 months ago
  ~Until blackett doesn't play next game
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Acquafresca
11 years, 4 months ago
Why hasn't Bony's assist been added yet?

That stiff arm on Jones was on point.
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Tactical Nous
11 years, 4 months ago
Anyone know if the FPL app is any good?
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1. Ben Mee Over A Table
  11 years, 4 months ago
  From what I remember from using it it was terrible...may have got better though.
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2. potatoace
  11 years, 4 months ago
  fantasy football manager is better and freer
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Mull
11 years, 4 months ago
#MoyesIn
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Nani for Pea Soup
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1. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Sorry Optimus 🙁
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2. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Sorry Utd fans 🙁
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
Nani on for.....

Hernandez
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