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

FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	8.5m	125.2%	Very Likely
Foden	MCI	8.7m	110.3%	Very Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.2m	103.5%	Very Likely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	99.7%	Likely
Saka	ARS	10.2m	94.5%	Likely
Thiago	BRE	7.1m	92.7%	Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	90.9%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	86.6%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	71.2%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	81.6%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	78.5%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	77.7%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	66.8%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	73.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	74.2%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	79.8%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	69.9%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	67.7%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	67.0%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	65.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	65.1%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	63.7%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	63.6%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	59.2%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	60.3%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	60.7%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.4%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	53.2%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	55.9%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.1%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	54.5%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	7.0m	45.7%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	53.4%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	52.9%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	52.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	49.0%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.0%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	46.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	43.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Muñoz	CRY	6.0m	108.4%	Very Likely
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	99.7%	Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	101.7%	Very Likely
Van de Ven	TOT	4.7m	101.6%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	101.0%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.3%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.9%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	99.9%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.7%	Maybe
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	98.3%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	97.4%	Maybe
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	96.9%	Maybe
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	96.4%	Maybe
H.Bueno	WOL	4.4m	97.2%	Maybe
Mbeumo	MUN	8.3m	84.8%	Maybe
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	94.9%	Unlikely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	93.5%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	96.0%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	94.0%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	93.7%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	92.3%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	94.0%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.3%	Unlikely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	91.6%	Unlikely
Gunn	NFO	4.0m	91.6%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.9%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	90.3%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	91.5%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.0%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	88.5%	Unlikely
Doku	MCI	6.6m	85.1%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	88.3%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	87.7%	Unlikely
Kudus	TOT	6.5m	85.2%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	83.0%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.0%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	88.2%	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

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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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The Sarjeant
11 years, 4 months ago
Re-post. Anyone got Mark's FPL ID number? Or any other mods? I like to keep an eye on there contributors league 🙂
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1. The Sarjeant
  11 years, 4 months ago
  *their.
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2. FPL Daniel
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Will come up
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Mr_Partridge
11 years, 4 months ago
Come on Rooney, you can't be crap for both club and country
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Nevi
11 years, 4 months ago
My h2h opponent captained crouch. I'm worried 😉
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1. Revival
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Usually good for a goal against his former clubs I suppose
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  1. Nevi
    11 years, 4 months ago
    True I guess. He doubled up on Everton and benched giroud too. He definitely went a different route than I did...
    
    I need Leicester to put something past howard.
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The Finnisher
11 years, 4 months ago
Why isn't Mata playing?
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1. Mr_Partridge
  11 years, 4 months ago
  🙂
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2. The Sarjeant
  11 years, 4 months ago
  He is.
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Crazykolo
11 years, 4 months ago
:L
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Billy Gilmore
11 years, 4 months ago
What the hell sort of a break was that??
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Piggs Boson
11 years, 4 months ago
Fletcher's back.
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Anyone worked how many minutes of football there is left this season?
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1. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 4 months ago
  34188
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  1. Jafooli
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Nice, have time to make a cup of tea then.....
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2. Arse Craic
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Including injury time? 🙂
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Lord Flashheart
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy! Almost
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy SoT
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Zep
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy SOT
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
Haha unlucky ly sigurdsson.
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Zombie
11 years, 4 months ago
Whatever we say about Young but that fella has shown immense work rate and commitment
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Mr_Partridge
11 years, 4 months ago
United flatter then Van Gaal's Nose
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CTID_
11 years, 4 months ago
SIGGY GOING FOR IT
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Piggs Boson
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy captain next week...
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1. beric
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Hes on my bench
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  1. beric
    11 years, 4 months ago
    I feel stupid atm
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Bøwstring The Carp
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy 😎
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Pig scuff on target
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TheDogTor
11 years, 4 months ago
How are siggy benchers feeling then?
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1. Djerbil
  11 years, 4 months ago
  positive
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2. FPL Daniel
  11 years, 4 months ago
  It was out of the box
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3. Mr Smith
  11 years, 4 months ago
  1pt
  
  #smug 😀
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  1. TheDogTor
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Haha it has to start sometime what better time than now?
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4. KujaliaFC
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I bet they're feeling better than we Lamela benchers.
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  1. Piggs Boson
    11 years, 4 months ago
    😯
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  2. Lord Flashheart
    11 years, 4 months ago
    You benched lamella? What's the point n having him then?
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    1. KujaliaFC
      11 years, 4 months ago
      I don't pick my squad for GW1 only.
      
      If I played Lamela, I'd have to bench Bojan, and Bojan is my GW1 captain.
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
How many days we waited for PL to start again...?
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1. FPL Daniel
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Anyone?
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2. Costa in Wengerland
  11 years, 4 months ago
  364 days I assume
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  1. FPL Daniel
    11 years, 4 months ago
    no since the last game when City become champions
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FC Tinker
11 years, 4 months ago
I guess that counts as a shot on target, Rooney.
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Sky Blue Sun
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy in the hole 🙂
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The Finnisher
11 years, 4 months ago
Haha one pop shot and the site goes crazy. You can tell it's GW1.
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1. Geordienufc1
  11 years, 4 months ago
  😀
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2. TheDogTor
  11 years, 4 months ago
  🙂 we've waited so long, but o will it be worth it
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andyinasia
11 years, 4 months ago
Shelvey's looking pretty sharp.
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1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Disappointed I picked siggy in front of hi, now.
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  1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Not now siggy taking free kicks
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The Missing Link
11 years, 4 months ago
Just wait till you guys see mutch, picked the wribg cheap number 10 😉
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1. The Missing Link
  11 years, 4 months ago
  *wrong
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  1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Swapped him last minute to young :/
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dr manhattan
11 years, 4 months ago
butter my arse...football is back!

Oh...and if you're an Aphex twin fan, exciting things are afoot it seems:

https://twitter.com/heyjackcooper/status/500597847084257281/photo/1

🙂
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In Like Flynn.
11 years, 4 months ago
I thought you might like to have a glance through this, this afternoon.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/elmr/gdp-and-the-labour-market/q2-2014--august-quarterly-update/index.html
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1. Sleep Talk
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Cheers mate, I'll save it for half time
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Pinturicchio
11 years, 4 months ago
Don't injure Taylor you little twerp.
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
According to FPL still no one made a transfer. #Strange
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1. Ginzu
  11 years, 4 months ago
  make one, hit refresh. see if they're lying
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  1. Zombie
    11 years, 4 months ago
    😀
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
Sigurdsson sucks
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