Dugout Discussion
25 September 2016 3500 comments
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After Saturday treated us to eight matches and 29 goals, we have just a solitary fixture to focus our attentions on today.

West Ham welcome Southampton to the London Stadium as Slaven Bilic attempts to halt a run of three straight Premier League losses.

Both sides chalked up EFL Cup wins in midweek, yet while the Saints saw off Palace to rack up a third successive victory in all competitions, the Hammers had to rely on a last-minute free-kick from Dimitri Payet to see off Accrington Stanley.

With a pair of assists in each of the last two Gameweeks, the Frenchman has been in fine form since returning from injury.

Nonetheless, Payet has remained overlooked by many Fantasy managers due to the form of Michail Antonio, who has netted five times in four since being moved onto the flank.

With his defence in disarray, Bilic will be relying on that duo to get the better of a Saints side that have picked up a single point in their two road trips so far.

For the Saints, Nathan Redmond remains their most popular FPL asset despite a four-match barren streak, though Dusan Tadic is the form player heading into this one, having served up an assist in each of the last two Gameweeks.

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  1. GREEN IS GOOD
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Keep Redmond, sell Antonio.

  2. Morgs
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Redmond is an assister's assister, a la Modric. No FPL points for that... in comes Firmino

  3. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Caz + tekkers > sanchez + stuani (-4) suddenly looking a great shout.

    1. Clifford☯
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Tekkers Has West Ham After international break. his stats are improving. Do you still want to sell him ?

  4. Old Man
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    One of the golden rules of FPL: get players in teams that are playing well. Ignore at your peril.

    1. Backup Dancer
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Antonios stats are hard to ignore but you are right

    2. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Like Firmino , Ibra & Redmond ?

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Firmino will come good. Ibra's role might have changed but he'll still score regularly. Redmond will occasionally get points. But I still think, fundamentally, that it's the right course of action to pick players from teams that are buzzing. And that's why I will probably sell Antonio.

  5. JayBomb
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Redmond assisting the assister again

  6. Gnu
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Messrs Gold & Sullivan will no doubt drown their sorrows with some serious porn tonight. 😉

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      They've already seen their team bend over and get spanked though...

  7. Heels_Over_Head
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    If you don't want to do a job...

    Agree to do it and do it poorly

    1. ANDER.
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Prof Antonio right there. Good for us though.

  8. Del Griffith
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    game is being played in an empty stadium now!

  9. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Some of the best possession we've seen from West Ham in this 94th minute.

  10. Bushido
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    The Southampton defence are getting better. Could be a good pick once their fixtures improves.

  11. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Redmond outscoring Payet & Antonio

    🙂

  12. Arceus
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Redmond kept his CS pt! HURRAY!

  13. JayBomb
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Pity Redmond didn't get in the points played well

  14. tattywelshie
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio > Coutinho

    A. YES
    B. No

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

    2. SAY SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      No

      1. tattywelshie
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Cheers guys 🙂

    3. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

  15. Clifford☯
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Who Will Get Sacked First ?
    A) Bilic
    B) Hughes

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Both good managers

    2. Belsunz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A.

    3. bici
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      conte

    4. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

    5. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

    6. Jasoooooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      A

  16. Clump
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    To be fair, not many of us have scored points this afternoon, but there's not been to much damage either.
    Nothing to see here. Move along.

    1. Clump
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      *too

  17. bici
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    West Ham players looks really uninterested, like Aston Villa last season.

  18. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    "We got more fans than you" satins aeay fans are singing to the hone fans

    Hahaha brilliant

    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      🙂

    2. Jasoooooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Hahahaha that's great

  19. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Redmond cs 😎

  20. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    1 Point today.Green or red?

    1. some witty pun
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      red, antonio got 2 points

  21. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    3 points from Redmond enough for green arrow today? 😀

  22. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Bilic on the way out.

    1. Heels_Over_Head
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      He was good last year

  23. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    REDMOND CS POINTS!!!!!

    GET IN111111111111

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Correction CS point.

    2. Rich_20
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Amazing. Haha so proud of our boy.

  24. Bushido
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Unfortunately the page changed.
    Time for the daily Hot Question by me. Would you rather have (A) Ericsson, (B) Son or (C) Jansen for the next two months?

    We have 1 vote for son and 1 for Sony Ericsson.

    1. Pipermaru
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Son, bought him before GW6 and happy to keep even if he's going to be rotated

  25. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Bilic the first manager to get sacked

  26. Somalion
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Tbh, I hope West Ham keep losing

  27. Oven Glover
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Foster Jak
    Valencia Smith Baines Walker Amat
    Antonio Özil Mane Sterling Capoue
    Kun Luk Dio

    1.9 ITB 1 FT

    Dio -> Austin
    Özil -> Sanchez

    Anything else in need of change?

    Will wait on news regarding Baines and Smith before I do anything else.

    1. Pipermaru
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Assuming you're gonna bench Capoue next couple weeks, I would get Austin. Ozil to Sanchez seems a bit sideways

  28. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    How does this sound

    Hazard, Benteke -> Sanchez, Austin (-4)?

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Beef jerky

    2. some witty pun
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      i'd keep benteke

  29. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Why sell Antonio? Sounded like he should have scored in the first half.

    People aren't overreacting to a blank *again*, are they?

    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Dunno West Ham were very bad

    2. Studgie G
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      They were legit bad

  30. BB-8
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Negredo triple captain next week