Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Sunday

After United and Everton got Sunday’s events underway earlier, we now have three more matches to focus on before another international break is thrust upon us. First up, the league’s last two unbeaten teams go head-to-head at the Bridge, as Chelsea take on Arsenal in one of a couple of 2.05pm kick-offs.

All eyes will be on Cesc Fabregas as he plays host to his former club but from a Fantasy perspective, we’ll be looking for Diego Costa to continue a record that has seen him score in every home appearance so far. Danny Welbeck will also be on many a radar as the Gunners prepare for an outstanding run of fixtures from Gameweek 8 onwards.

Elsewhere, Mauricio Pochettino faces a tough task to derail the Southampton bandwagon as his former club roll up to the Lane. Spurs have failed to score in each of their last two home matches and face the top-flight’s meanest backline – the likes of Ryan Bertrand, Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pelle all carry strong form into this one and have the upcoming fixtures to flourish further.

Later in the day, The Hammers welcome QPR to Upton Park in the final match of the Gameweek. Big Sam’s side have impressed in the final third in recent weeks, with Stewart Downing’s new central role and Diafra Sakho’s clinical finishing making them the standout options for the hosts right now.

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  1. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Mane down.

    1. Lingardium Leviosa.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      i see what u did there

    2. Kip
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      😆

  2. Arvin-ation
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Mane>Tadic as an FPL prospect.

    1. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Penalties does it

    2. Lingardium Leviosa.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      too sideways imo

      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I think he means "greater than"

        1. Lingardium Leviosa.
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          :facepalm:

  3. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Has Chambers been booked yet?

    1. Lingardium Leviosa.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      wait for it

  4. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Narrow Arsenal win, feel it in my stool.

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Wow - give me some of that lol

    2. Jax
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No chance.

    3. FPL Touches
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      So can I.

    4. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Hands washed & scrubbed, now to enjoy the game. 😉

    5. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      i'll take some of that, as long as the scorer isn't Welbz

  5. Demí
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Not an achievement with the fixtures we've had. Should be further ahead

    1. Demí
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Ergh reply fail to MMT

      1. Santi sensei
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Vaan Gaal messed up the pre season form.:)

    2. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yep - but LVG said 3 months so no rush

    3. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Everyone else has failed though, so it's not a disaster. Liverpool are having a really bad start, Arsenal are doing their usual business of making top four a hard bargain. Southampton look like they have the potential to break into Europe this season though, if they can keep it up.

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        This. We're lucky teams haven't done that well.

        Obviously we should have done better though

      2. Debauchy
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah , early days

      3. Santi sensei
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        So called Premier League ! Everything's dramatic 😉

  6. @ocprodigy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Seeing Hazard get the ball next to Chambers...
    He's gonna be suspended for the next game.

  7. Ludo
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Di Maria's first 5 games: 43 points
    Costa's first 5 games: 42 points

    1. Lingardium Leviosa.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      i think you're trying to make a point....

    2. Jake Donahue
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Great stat

    3. Jax
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Different points for different positions

      1. Kip
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        and different fixtures

      2. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        right, and in favour of ADM.

        You'd normally expect the top striker to outperform the top mid

        1. Ludo
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Right. Outscoring a guy who got 7 goals in his first 5 is pretty impressive. Of course, he's nowhere near as widely captained, which makes a big difference.

      3. darko
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Still comparable though

    4. BeachBadger
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Bojan?

  8. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Pelle blocking schneiderlein's goal

    1. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Great.

  9. SouthCoastSaint
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Chaps has the goal bonus been added for Falcao yet?

    Any chance he will sneak a bap?

    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No

      Yes

    2. Lingardium Leviosa.
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      very possible. he did score the wining goal after all

      1. 4-4-who?
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Great goal too.

  10. Kip
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    great ball 😀

  11. GREENDREAMS11
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Big lolz at everyone.

    1. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Reported.

      1. GREENDREAMS11
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        how? I thought the norm was to lol at people on match days, it's the new thing apparently, banter from the online terracing so to speak, like

        " You"re not lolling anymore, Youre not lo'o'o'lling any more ,!!"

        1. Gnu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          *sigh*
          Reported.

          1. GREENDREAMS11
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            ha ha

    2. Alan The Llama
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Batilol

      1. GREENDREAMS11
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        😉

    3. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Racist

  12. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Dirty Sanchez

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      lol

  13. Somalion
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Think Courtois is done.

    1. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Maybe not, thought he was concussed initially.

  14. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Sanchez you thug

    1. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      But you love those shorts

  15. svasei - Up (?) the Rovers
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Get the helmet!

    1. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      euphemism?

  16. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like I wildcards a week too early. Not getting ADM could be a costly mistake.

  17. Koflok
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Costa brace to match Maria's point

  18. Kip
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Courtois has to go off now with new rules concerning head injuries?

    1. Baa
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      If the club doctor says he has to

    2. Somalion
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      If suspected concussion, he isn't concussed.

    3. Kip
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      it seems he doesn't. i'm clueless

  19. rickardinho
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Why has Courtois not been checked by the doctor? He got knocked out cold there!

  20. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Ivanovic awful once again

  21. Oi! Shadders!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Casual touching between Chelsea physios.

  22. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Wish Eva would wear something a bit more 'come hither' rather than than poxy Primark tracky!

  23. Willis.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    That wouldn't have happened if Cech was playing

  24. Holmes
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Cech time

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    1. Lucy.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No she didn't. What a ridiculous thing to say.

      That or you're suffering from a lack of genuine affection. 😛

      1. 420king
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I must be 😀 In all seriosness, no male would touch his face like "are you ok my dear"

    2. Birds of Prey
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      psyche inappropriate sry just sain

    3. Woy of the Wovers
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      *psycho

  26. Lucy.
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    @Arvin - am I getting thanks for putting you off Siggy->Frank?

    You said you'd blame me if it went wrong so you can credit me for it going right 😉

    1. BeachBadger
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Arvin is a lost cause. He has hitititis A and B

  27. OnionBag
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    To anyone watching Spurs-Southampton....

    How likely is a Southampton CS looking?

    1. AlCapwnUK
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      both teams look like they could score. hard to tell which way the game is going

  28. AlCapwnUK
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Tadic gets crunched

  29. Woy of the Wovers
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    The commentary service here is terrible.

  30. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Damn Mane score that would have been Pelle assist !!!