[sbu_large_image] Dugout Discussion
13 September 2014 4889 comments
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The Gameweek shifts to the three o’clock kick-offs, with half a dozen matches providing the focus for Fantasy managers, before Liverpool host Villa at Anfield for the evening clash.

It’s fair to say that the bulk of our attention will turn to Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea look to maintain their 100% start to the season against the only side who can match that record – Swansea City. All eyes will be on Diego Costa who has four goals to his name and sports the armbands for thousands of Fantasy managers this weekend.

Elsewhere, we’ve big expectations of Ronald Koeman’s new-look Saints at home to Newcastle, while we’re also monitoring the performances of budget midfield options – Wilfried Zaha and George Boyd – in Palace’s meeting with Burnley at Selhurst Park; both are named in the starting lineup.

The remaining three encounters find Sunderland hosting Spurs, Stoke looking to build on their Etihad victory against Leicester at the Britannia and West Brom taking on Everton at the Hawthorns.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. PB-THE-VET
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Costa Captain 🙂

    Loving it

    1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I have di Maria to look forward too 🙁

    2. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Really?! I'm a bit disappointed.

    3. Crouch Potato!
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Ever sweeter with Fab feeding him 😉

  2. Pinturicchio
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling, please, please don't come off the bench.

    1. The Finnisher
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      He will.

  3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Are welbeck and aguero injured?

    1. Honeybadger
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Kun didn't look injured. Welbeck got a hit before subbed but didn't look serious...

    2. ZakAFC_
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Just cramp for Welbeck

    3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Thanks I'll keep both instead of knee jerking

  4. mutatedllama
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Costa's goals for each game this season are following the Fibonacci sequence:

    1,1,2,3

    So, which clever person can tell me how many he is due against City?

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      5

      1. mutatedllama
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        High five, fellow llama.

    2. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Should be 5 but it will be 0

    3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Resets himself so 0

    4. Ludo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      5

      1. Ludo
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Going to be even more essential once he's getting double figures every game...

    5. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      cinco.

  5. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    What's the predicted average for tonight ?

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Wait until after the next game.

    2. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      82pts.

    3. Screaming Midget
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      High... 50+

      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        no chance

  6. The Chosen One...
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Nice, Eriksen 3 baps

  7. awgJose
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    It's a bit early for this, but..

    Dzeko to Welbeck or Pelle?

    1. Yes Don
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Pellend

    2. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Pelle

    3. Red Devil Swede
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Pelle has fixtures
      But I'd keep Dzeko

      1. awgJose
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Why? Hasn't been convincing so far and is a rotation risk.

    4. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Pelle

  8. DIegoCosta19
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    costa 87 bps lool.

    also

    costa 7 goals in 8 shots

    hes like a mixture of a pure poacher (nistelroy) while also being a physical beast (drogba)

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      The post so good it had to be posted three times.

      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        It's pure self-promotion.

    2. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Just the complete package.

    3. Deyanski
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      RVN was better 🙂
      But I have to admit Costa is a beast..

  9. The Light Knight
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    With 2 high scoring games to come, 55 won't be above average this week, right?

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      of course it will

    2. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Why wouldn't it be?

    3. RyanC
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Way, way above. Remember over 3 million players play this game, and 95% of them don't take it quite as seriously as us FFS posters.

      1. The Light Knight
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        OK ta lads.
        Just picturing everyone with Costa (c)

    4. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Might just be.

  10. Team News
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    @chelseafc 6m
    Jose: '7 goals in 4 matches from Diego Costa has surprised me because it's not normal.'

    1. RyanC
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Maybe that's what this mystery injury of his is. Severe case of can't stop scoring that Jose can't wrap his head around after being stuck with Torres and co for a year.

  11. Azathoth
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Only 4.5% have Chandli.....that's a good differential.

  12. Butters_lfc9
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Would you wildcard on this?Sitting on 28 and not having Costa has cost me am i panicking

    Begovic
    Dummet-Ferdinand-Naylor
    Sterling-Ramsay-Hazard-Sigurdson
    Rooney-Aguero-Dzeko
    Gilks-Moore-PvA-Marney

    1. awgJose
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Swap Dzeko to Costa and downgrade Hazard or Ramsey to fund the first move. Should be alright after that.

  13. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    anyone know average scores etc this week?

    1. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Still matches to play. It means nothing.

    2. Red Devil Swede
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Just wait and see

  14. Gigging Order
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Someone in one of my mini-leagues has Bojan, Berahino and Naismith up front….

    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      😆

  15. SC not pearls before swine
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Wisdom over Moore. *Face Palm*

    1. Gigging Order
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      That's crazy….

      1. SC not pearls before swine
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        I didn't really think there was much in it. Leichester had looked leaky as heck and were on the road. Oh well...

        1. Gigging Order
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah, it is a close one thinking about. Easy for me to say now...

  16. mgilbert86
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    no reason to trade out naismith, should have had a goal today, good chance to score at home vs palace and you have to think the liverpool game will have loads of goals

  17. Adderz
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Took Torres 18 months to get to 7 league goals...

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yikes.

      To be fair, he probably took a month and a half or so for Liverpool

      1. Adderz
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah i seem to remember him getting a hat trick early on

  18. CellinoArmy
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Team for next week-

    Bego
    Pieters, Sakho, Clyne
    Lamela, Tadic, Fabregas, Siggy, Sterling
    Rooney, Diouf
    Subs- Krul, Azpi, Colo, Jovetic

    Surely warrant a WC? Seeing as Stoke are terrible, Jovetic is injured, and Newcastle are collapsing quicker than Hitler's Germany.

    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah WC.

    2. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      That's not a bad mid. I'd take a hit or two to reshape your forwards.

  19. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Dear Mario,

    Costa is going to steal the headlines unless you score 4 goals. You know what to do.

    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I have faith in him.

    2. 4vets
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      +1 Blank incoming 🙁

    3. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Get the headlines by getting sent off?

      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        I'll take 4 goals and a red.

    4. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Man, Balo ain't on FFS

      1. Billy Gilmore
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Get the plane flying over Anfield pronto!

    5. CellinoArmy
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Miss 2 penalties, then punch the ballboy and get a 10 week suspension?

    6. Woy of the Wovers
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Check your grav. Double-personality or just vain?

      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        In Balotelli's case, probably both.

  20. Get up ya bum
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Panic selling Costa over probable injury has been the most ruthlessly punished rookie error I've had in 8 years of FPL. 5 goals in 2 games. FFS 😡

    In altogether more awesome news. Pelle (c) 😎

    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I bow to your magnificence re Pelle

      1. Get up ya bum
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        😀
        Cheers mate.

  21. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    This sh1t would be much easier to handle if Spurs won and brought me money.

    Feck you Spurs. I hate you.

    1. Debauchy
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Know yr pain -- had that one - but Stoke win or draw killed me

  22. OPTA FPL
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    is welbeck injured?

    1. Debauchy
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Nahhh -- cramping I think

      1. Alan The Llama
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        It did look like cramp

  23. kennethrhcp
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    so how bout that bib theory

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Indeed

  24. Stevee10001
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    hell it maybe sideways but im doing haz > fabs costa is going to pick up goals where hazard would have scored last season!

  25. El Muñeco
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Which Sterling owners are hoping for a no show?

    I am, got Liam Moore first on the bench.

    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Moore and Ulloa are going into my team gameweek 6

      1. Debauchy
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Glad I got Ulloa for UFPL - no points - on bench, but encouraging nonetheless

  26. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Those with sterling captain and costa VC better hope that liverpool are coasting so sterling wont come on.
    I captained Costa in the fpl and in the ultimate game I have sterling as C and Costa as VC stupid move in hindsight.

    1. Debauchy
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Lol -- in UFPL cpt Haz - idiot -- now Falcao to come on and go bananas

  27. 4vets
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Really looking forward to this game!

  28. 420king
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    told ya @ sterling 😛

    1. Costa Nostra
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Hilarious! Nobody wanted to believe it . Can't even count how many "guarantees Sterling will start because Sturridge is out" comments I read here. At least now I know who has no clue what's gonna happen on these boards!

  29. mgilbert86
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    sterling is going to come on, especially if liverpool haven't scored by 60th

  30. AarÖn Özilski
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Don't regret if you don't (C)osta, there's always next gameweek. Luck is just part of this game.