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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Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	96.6%	Likely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	100.0%	Very Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	101.4%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	101.2%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	92.4%	Maybe
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	91.7%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	89.2%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	88.2%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	84.6%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	80.4%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	72.8%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	74.4%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	71.3%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	70.4%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.8%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	68.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	67.3%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	65.1%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	66.3%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	63.1%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	62.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	60.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.0%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	49.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.3%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	49.7%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	50.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	50.4%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.6%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	47.9%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
L.Miley	NEW	4.4m	39.7%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	40.2%	Unlikely
Mount	MUN	5.9m	39.6%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.4%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.4%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.5m	35.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	112.8%	Very Likely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	102.8%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.4%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	100.2%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	100.9%	Very Likely
Woltemade	NEW	7.4m	98.1%	Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.5%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.7%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.6%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	98.8%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	95.6%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.8%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.3%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	92.9%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.4%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	92.3%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	92.9%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.0%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	93.0%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.3%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	91.9%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	91.5%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	89.5%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	88.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	88.9%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	88.1%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	86.3%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	86.2%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.2%	Unlikely
Munetsi	WOL	5.4m	85.8%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.4%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.8%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.4m	83.3%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	84.5%	Unlikely
Barnes	NEW	6.3m	81.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	83.5%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.3%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	84.1%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	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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Fin
11 years, 4 months ago
Rooney territory
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Kew Pee Arr
11 years, 4 months ago
No junior toilet for QPR. Thankfully.
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Gamst - Up (?) the Rovers
11 years, 4 months ago
Has the BPS been changed prior to this season? Rooney at 32 BPS, Ki at 26.
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1. Sleep Talk
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Tripled more or less.
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Piggs Boson
11 years, 4 months ago
Kaboul has the armband...
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1. SW6
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Very interesting..
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2. The Missing Link
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Straight in
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3. Kew Pee Arr
  11 years, 4 months ago
  The hammers will win that. Spurs look ligtweight
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
Mata or Rooney taking this.

Win/win
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Judas
11 years, 4 months ago
jones assist added yes!
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The Finnisher
11 years, 4 months ago
Rooney off the bar 🙁
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Roonpig close, very close
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
Rooney on 3B, Jones on 2BP atm. Ki 1BP.
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Bellerinmondo
11 years, 4 months ago
oooh!
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Get up ya bum
11 years, 4 months ago
Mata > Sigurdsson = 3 mil to play with 😉
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Aurora
11 years, 4 months ago
SO CLOOOOOOSE
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Bellerinmondo
11 years, 4 months ago
all set up for fellaini winner now
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Demí
11 years, 4 months ago
Doosra called my West Ham Predicted team "a crock of shit" 🙁

10/11 isn't bad
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1. Sleep Talk
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Doos is a bitter old man 😉
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2. SW6
  11 years, 4 months ago
  The man has Sanogo in his team, I wouldn't be too offended by his views on your football opinions 😉
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3. BigManBakar
  11 years, 4 months ago
  demi beast
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4. The Sarjeant
  11 years, 4 months ago
  😆
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5. Fudge
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Its not what was expected (for us mere mortals).
  
  We'd be a very hard side to beat if he dropped Nolan for Diame and got Zarate on
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6. Mull
  11 years, 4 months ago
  He was talking about the players then obviously.
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7. dribbler
  11 years, 4 months ago
  grr i got bartley (although to be fair I noticed him myself)
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  1. Demí
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Yeah, couldn't see that myself. He was always going to be short term though. Just thought his life span was just GW1.
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
Montero on for Dyer
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mitro
11 years, 4 months ago
get kagawa on!
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54kevin
11 years, 4 months ago
why are people saying hutton doesnt start?
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Galfadez
11 years, 4 months ago
Lukaku starting at LB
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TheSteel
11 years, 4 months ago
God that was cruel
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Aurora
11 years, 4 months ago
Jefferson PACE Montero on
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Syd.
11 years, 4 months ago
Herrera off

Faillani on
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
11 years, 4 months ago
Lol at people thinking mata coming off
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1. micsway
  11 years, 4 months ago
  commentator said it might be mata, glad it wasnt
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2. Feanor
  11 years, 4 months ago
  There's a contingent of people who think it's fun to predict bad things for any popular player that they don't have. It's a real blight on the site, unfortunately. Just today we've had:
  
  - Young is coming off at halftime - wrong
  - Jones assist won;t be given - wrong
  - Mata is coming off for Fellaini - wrong
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LewanGOALski
11 years, 4 months ago
did Mata come off ?
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1. Rafabio
  11 years, 4 months ago
  No, Herrera
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Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
11 years, 4 months ago
Didn't Fellini cut his hair??
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1. For Fuchs Sake
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I thought that, but must've been a Photoshop job!
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2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  11 years, 4 months ago
  It grew back
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3. Aston Villa-Boas
  11 years, 4 months ago
  it grew back instantly
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4. TheSteel
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Thats strange
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All Out Attack
11 years, 4 months ago
Damn you Fabianski
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dribbler
11 years, 4 months ago
jones got the assist
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Red Devil Swede
11 years, 4 months ago
Finally a United player who might convert Mata's deliveries. Fellaini.
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Golden Oldies
11 years, 4 months ago
Any 4M defenders playing?
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1. Red Devil Swede
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Bruce. Wisdom.
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2. Telpuialion
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Bruce for Hull
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3. Get up ya bum
  11 years, 4 months ago
  All 3 of mine start. So far so good
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  1. Zep
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Eh, Hutton doesn't 😕
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    1. Zep
      11 years, 4 months ago
      Wait a minute, he is?!
      
      I could swear I saw a line up without him...
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4. FC Tinker
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Hutton, Bruce, Moore.
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5. Zombie
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Moore, Wisdom, Bruce
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6. Nicks93
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Bruce, Hutton, Moore
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getfunky
11 years, 4 months ago
I'm not able to watch the game, how has mata played?
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1. Aston Villa-Boas
  11 years, 4 months ago
  ok
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2. MJ6987
  11 years, 4 months ago
  OK
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3. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
  11 years, 4 months ago
  From what I'm reading & hearing, fine
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4. Get up ya bum
  11 years, 4 months ago
  meh
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5. Red Devil Swede
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Decent deliveries and on all set pieces bar one. Not very active in the play tho
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Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
11 years, 4 months ago
Hmmm despite WHU good recent (home) record vs Spurs, fans not very happy at line up at all.... Should be a Spurs victory & probable CS
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1. Kew Pee Arr
  11 years, 4 months ago
  The spurs live up is sh---. Back 4 awful.
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