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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Crazykolo
11 years, 4 months ago
Ffs i just realised I benched giroud and I'm playing el ahmadi. Fml
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1. The Missing Link
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Probably won't start
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2. Hazard for Ballon D'or
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Haha hattrick for giroud then.
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3. super zlatan
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Lol
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4. beric
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Crazy
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Bøwstring The Carp
11 years, 4 months ago
Sigurdsson crossed delivered, two more for a point?
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1. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Have already emailed FPL 😎
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Djerbil
11 years, 4 months ago
http://totalfpl.com/bonuspoints

The Live BAPS update is up from Total FPL
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1. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Good work, great link that one.....
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  1. Zombie
    11 years, 4 months ago
    😆
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Hailzter
11 years, 4 months ago
Why is the chatroom not open?
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Strain on the site perhaps.
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Djerbil
11 years, 4 months ago
TRANSFER : HOLY MOSES

Stoke City FC ‏@stokecity 30s
Stoke City have completed the season-long loan of Victor Moses from Chelsea
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1. Bøwstring The Carp
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Assaidi deal off then?
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2. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Oh dear, Mark
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  1. Jafooli
    11 years, 4 months ago
    ?
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    1. Sleep Talk
      11 years, 4 months ago
      "Somehow, I’ll find a way of considering Victor Moses…
      This needs no explanation. Well it does, but even the most gifted medical minds would be baffled."
      
      From the preamble
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      1. Jafooli
        11 years, 4 months ago
        Ah yeah got it...
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  2. Sleep Talk
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Haha, it's bound to happen, we all get him eventually.
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    1. Billy Gilmore
      11 years, 4 months ago
      The fixtures are good...
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3. Hazard for Ballon D'or
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Glad I ditched bojan now. Surprised that none of my rivals have him.
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  1. Mr_Partridge
    11 years, 4 months ago
    different positions
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  2. Billy Gilmore
    11 years, 4 months ago
    If he's bad enough to be at threat from Moses you didn't want him anyway.
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    1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
      11 years, 4 months ago
      Haha. I think he will be rotated though. Moses is good for weaker teams. Remember when he was at Wigan??
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4. Jafooli
  11 years, 4 months ago
  First name never on my team sheet.
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5. Owd Big 'Ed
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Good signing for us. Don't understand some of the posters above.
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  1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Read the preamble.
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6. Arse Craic
  11 years, 4 months ago
  interesting….
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Mr_Partridge
11 years, 4 months ago
The only way Rooney will score is if United get a pen...

Ashley Young get your dive on
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1. Hazard for Ballon D'or
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I think they will. Amat is a bit of a liability.
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LMNO
11 years, 4 months ago
blackett looks good. mata quiet
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SamH123
11 years, 4 months ago
is 2,779,897 players down on GW1 from last year?
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1. Jimmers
  11 years, 4 months ago
  No - I'd say well up
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  1. Jimmers
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Finished on 3.2 m last year but a lot of players join during season
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2. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Up about 300k I think.
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3. Zep
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Usually starts off below 3m... in a few weeks it will rise to over 3m, which is about average....
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4. BuK II
  11 years, 4 months ago
  No. About 100k more according to smarty pants.
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Nani time
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⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
11 years, 4 months ago
Lingard bandwagon de-railed?
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SW6
11 years, 4 months ago
First injury of the season for my team 😆
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Bubz
11 years, 4 months ago
Poor guy 🙁
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FantaCity
11 years, 4 months ago
Lingard at 4.5m anyone?
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1. FantaCity
  11 years, 4 months ago
  *comic timing
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Bøwstring The Carp
11 years, 4 months ago
Lindgard bandwagon lasted long.
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Djerbil
11 years, 4 months ago
Wow Bad injury for Lingaard , tough luck
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Piggs Boson
11 years, 4 months ago
Ouch.
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
Who is down? Jones?
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1. dribbler
  11 years, 4 months ago
  lingard
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  1. FPL Daniel
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Thanks
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Zombie
11 years, 4 months ago
He is done 🙁
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Your Mum's Athletic
11 years, 4 months ago
Can already see Mata coming out my team lol
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BabyB
11 years, 4 months ago
Get Reece James on please 🙂
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1. Rupert The Horse
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Yes please.
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Jairzinho
11 years, 4 months ago
Lingard injured.
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Revival
11 years, 4 months ago
Lingard wagon derailed
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1. Nevi
  11 years, 4 months ago
  It fell onto a new track :p
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Sleep Talk
11 years, 4 months ago
Get Giggsy on
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1. Revival
  11 years, 4 months ago
  And it's hit the buffers now
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Rupert The Horse
11 years, 4 months ago
Ho wis Young going? Attacking?
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1. Mr_Partridge
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Not done too much, almost threaded through Rooney clean on goal.
  
  Rooney looked poor so far 🙁
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  1. Rupert The Horse
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Thanks.
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Mr_Partridge
11 years, 4 months ago
My rival has James (united) in his team 😆
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1. Rupert The Horse
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Me too.
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super zlatan
11 years, 4 months ago
Lindgard bandwagon gathers pace again
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1. TheDogTor
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Crashed
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Billy Gilmore
11 years, 4 months ago
What a monumental sook.
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Stephen - Robot Daniels
11 years, 4 months ago
Resurrection
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Nevi
11 years, 4 months ago
How did he go from a stretcher to running?
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1. Sleep Talk
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Magic ice spray
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  1. Nevi
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Ah, yes forgot about the magic. Granted that spray comes with a10% chance to make you miss a series of games, as I believe kun learned.
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2. Saosin
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Has a major in dramatik arts
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  1. Saosin
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Dramatic* Damn my Swe autocorrect
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Djerbil
11 years, 4 months ago
Lingaard back
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