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Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
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Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	105.4%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	98.4%	Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	101.5%	Very Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	86.3%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	87.9%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	79.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	87.8%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	79.2%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	81.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	75.0%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	64.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	73.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	63.8%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	69.2%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	67.0%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	65.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	65.2%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.1%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.2%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	58.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	55.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	55.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	54.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.8%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	61.3%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	50.9%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	45.2%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	46.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	47.3%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	43.0%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.3%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	154.5%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	101.5%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	101.2%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	100.7%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.7%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.8%	Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	99.8%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.8%	Maybe
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	99.0%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	90.1%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	97.2%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	94.4%	Maybe
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	93.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.4%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	92.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	92.0%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.8%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	89.8%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	89.9%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	86.6%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	90.4%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	86.8%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	85.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	87.3%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	86.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	83.2%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	86.3%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	77.8%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	80.8%	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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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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Bartowski
11 years, 4 months ago
What a difference that Rooney free kick off the post made...
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Why?
  
  Chance missed
  
  Irrelevant
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  1. Bartowski
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Because it would have 2-1 to Man U, pretty obvious really
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The Finnisher
11 years, 4 months ago
Glad the ref decided to eventually stop the game 🙄
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The Bandit
11 years, 4 months ago
Monk is a shit manager etc...
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1. The Finnisher
  11 years, 4 months ago
  and LVG is the second coming!
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  1. Fray Bentos
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Of moyes
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RoyaleBlue
11 years, 4 months ago
Hahaha yes!!!!!!! I said it before united still useless.

Only united player Rooney and Played siggy 🙂
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TheDogTor
11 years, 4 months ago
Unlucky today for United, if only they could have put two of them great chances they created in. That revolutionary 3-5-2 looking good too. Definite top 4.
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1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
  11 years, 4 months ago
  lol were you playing FIFA?
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  1. TheDogTor
    11 years, 4 months ago
    https://thisbrownngirl.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sarcasm.jpg
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2. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Said Van Gaal
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Studgie G
11 years, 4 months ago
haha top 4 havin laugh 😉
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Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
11 years, 4 months ago
What are the chances that Hazard wont feature at all? I have Siggy first on the bench...
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1. Crazykolo
  11 years, 4 months ago
  He might not play
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Rafabio
11 years, 4 months ago
Bring back Moyes
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Malcolm Tucker for England …
11 years, 4 months ago
was Moyes ever bottom of the league with United???
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HuttonDressedasLahm
11 years, 4 months ago
Dropped Mata 🙂
Switched (c) to Sanchez hmm
Sold DDG got Blackett to save the mil hmm
Benched Siggy 🙁
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1. dribbler
  11 years, 4 months ago
  ouch (tee hee)
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2. RabMac
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Let's hope your mate Tom did better. 😉
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Tim Canterbury
11 years, 4 months ago
Utd's season over then. NEXT!
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Winston.
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggie the Great
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1. A.T
  11 years, 4 months ago
  All hail The Sig
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
11 years, 4 months ago
Lol at man united
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Frank Black
11 years, 4 months ago
You caaamee iiinn like aa wreeeeckiing Gaaaallll
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Thomass
11 years, 4 months ago
SWANSEA CITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀
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McSauce
11 years, 4 months ago
Hazard and Young OUT for Sterling and Eriksen at 11.28am! FEELING HAPPY
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Kane Toads
11 years, 4 months ago
as above : http://live.premierleague.com/#/gameweek/1/matchday/1/match/755307
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RabMac
11 years, 4 months ago
What game is everyone watching next?

Think I will watch the Spurs match
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1. Towsor44
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Bojan time for me
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2. big oak
  11 years, 4 months ago
  my beloved everton 🙂
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  1. RabMac
    11 years, 4 months ago
    I just watched my beloved Celtic. 😉
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Zep
11 years, 4 months ago
16pt captain not a bad start...
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1. Kip
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Caulker played already? 🙂
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2. Kew Pee Arr
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Agreed
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Ben Mee Over A Table
11 years, 4 months ago
It was the game that everyone was predicting an upset in.
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The Finnisher
11 years, 4 months ago
Swapped Sigurdsson out the other day but who cares (okay, i do)

LVG OUT 🙂
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1. Pepin - RIP Absinthe
  11 years, 4 months ago
  'I'll get him for GW2'
  
  Fixtures blinded me yet again!
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  1. Texas Pete
    11 years, 4 months ago
    snap. At least i can tell myself it was the plan when I do though.
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Pepin - RIP Absinthe
11 years, 4 months ago
Armband surely has to come off Rooney in UFPL, especially with Sturridge & Costa still left to play.
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1. Get up ya bum
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Of course. Danny boy
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Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
11 years, 4 months ago
Congrats to Swansea on being top of the league.
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Seabreeze
11 years, 4 months ago
United need to make some signings, the defense is shocking.
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Syd.
11 years, 4 months ago
If Carlsberg did opening games.......
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aehii
11 years, 4 months ago
1972 the last time united lost opening game at old trafford...really?!
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1. Licky
  11 years, 4 months ago
  He's chasing down Moyes' records.
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  1. aehii
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Digging just that little bit deeper as well to find ones no one knew about. I'm glad watching man united is educational these days.
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Siva Mohan
11 years, 4 months ago
Well beating Swansea in PL is not as easy as beating Madrid, Roma & Liverpool in pre-season.

Siggy points sitting on bench.. 🙁
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Kew Pee Arr
11 years, 4 months ago
Where's the Stretford end banner now? "The Reputation counts for nothing one"
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Rambo Motin
11 years, 4 months ago
#siggybench team unite!
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Bubz
11 years, 4 months ago
Really poor performance from Juan Mata I thought. Should have stuck to Sterling over him. Oh well.
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1. Frank Black
  11 years, 4 months ago
  My same feeling, Bubz. Thin line between heaven and here.
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