Dugout Discussion
2 October 2016 1330 comments
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After United’s 1-1 draw against Stoke at Old Trafford, we now have a couple of 2.15pm kick-offs to continue a busy Sunday schedule.

Man City’s trip to Spurs is the pick of the two matches as Pep Guardiola’s side seek to maintain their 100% Premier League record.

Sergio Aguero’s performance is eagerly anticipated after Zlatan Ibrahimovic blanked once again earlier today.

Drafted in by more Fantasy Premier League managers than any player last Gameweek, he has served up 13 points in each of his two away appearances so far but faces a tough task against the league’s most resilient rearguard.

Heung-Min Son is the home side’s form player.

The South Korean has bagged four goals and an assist in the previous three and fired a midweek Champions League winner in Moscow. Deliver against Pep Guardiola’s side and we can expect the bandwagon to pick up speed over the international break.

Champions Leicester welcome Southampton to the King Power on the back of a midweek Champions League win over Porto.

The Foxes have only failed to win one of their first three home fixtures – a goalless draw against Arsenal – though face a tough task to break down a stubborn Saints’ rearguard that have racked up five successive clean sheets across all competitions.

Whilst Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez struggle to reprise last season’s form, new boy Islam Slimani has wasted little time in settling into life under Claudio Ranieri. He bagged a brace in his previous league appearance at the King Power and also netted the winner on Tuesday evening.

Charlie Austin was rested for the Saints’ Europa League clash with Hapoel Beer Sheva on Thursday and returns to the starting XI today, having netted five times in his last four across all competitions.

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

    If I keep Ibra for one more week, he'll be a huge differential on here... Shame I'll have to take a massive value hit if I'm brave enough 🙁

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

      im doing it, so much randomness involved anyway

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

      Just a 0.1 drop. market is dead over the break. Needs around 400k transfers out to drop twice.

    3. TheCurseOfRaheem
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I can't hold any longer. I kept him and decided to start capoue Sold Benteke and didn't buy Firmino as a result. Captained Ibra today. Would have been Sanchez if I didn't own him so the points loss is looking spectacular. Don't have any more faith.

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

      Lee Cattermole is a huge differential aswell, just saying. 😉

    5. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Brave man! Held him myself this week, but on the way out after blank at Stoke.2 bad fixtures up next - LIV, CHE away..

  2. Ben the Mee
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Antonio + Baines > Son + Vertonghen?
      -4

      1. Dead Cat Bounce
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Yes

        1. Ben the Mee
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Cheers

      2. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        My hit this week was:
        Antonio + Ibra (3)
        For
        Sanchez (c) + Rashford (2)

        Hopefully Sanchez scores and the risky move will be worthwhile.

        But Rashford probably has to go!

      3. Wurstmuncher
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Wow, what a crap GW! On 30pts with Walcott to go, Costa and Pickford my only player who actually got anything. Anybody doing worse?

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

          29pts

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

            27

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

          20 with Sanchez left bud

        3. Make United Great Again
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          21 (-4) 🙂

          1. Make United Great Again
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Sanchez & Walcott left.

        4. Wurstmuncher
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          I'm not alone then, what a shocker! Just need to fight the temptation to go back to drawing board

        5. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          35
          Heaton to go
          🙁

        6. Earn your Spurs
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          61 plus kosc. blew it benching fer and walker

        7. potatoace
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          quit your moaning
          13 from 8

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

            Ouch.

          2. The Tinkerman
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            10 from 9, quit your moaning!

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

              oh dear.

              1. The Tinkerman
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 6 months ago

                56 point hit incoming =D

        8. The Tinkerman
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          10 points with Ozil and Bellerin to go. I've not seen anyone doing worse.

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

            Hadn't realised that you were a Foxes fan - good man! Unlucky with the points though ........

            1. The Tinkerman
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              Since '95. Yeah it's been a shocking week, everything that could go wrong has more or less (bar red cards for all 9 of my players so far). Things can only get better, I hope. 700k red arrow at the moment.

      4. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Tight at the top now, 18 man city 17 spurs 16 liverpool 13 arsenal

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

          Any reason you missed out Everton?

          1. Bolivian Seaman
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            🙂 sorry toffees

      5. Viper
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Which is the better pick, Walcott or Son?

        1. You've got red on you.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Walcott I think

        2. Wurstmuncher
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Wait til Walcott has played, then decide

        3. Laurel and Vardy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Both great options, depending on Wally tonight might ditch Antonio and Sterling to these two. Still two weeks though.

      6. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Ibra > Lukaku?

        I've also got Rashford 🙁

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

        Ibra failed.

        Kun failed.

        Will Sanchez deliver?

        1. il Brutto
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          yes... hopefully

          1. HuttonDressedasLahm
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Hopefully not

        2. Make United Great Again
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          I hope so

        3. Jasoooooooo
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          1 goal, a YC and no bonus would do me perfectly as someone who has him, but hasn't captained him

      8. davies
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Valencia > Vertonghen a no brainier?

        1. Dead Cat Bounce
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Yes

      9. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Ibra (c)
        Sterling
        Aguero

        5 points.
        Fml!

      10. Judas
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        I hope all of you non-Sanchez (C)'ers have got a big sofa to hide behind over the next few hours

        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          I'm off to work
          That'll have to do

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

          Non Sanchez full stop. Just resigned to him going bonkers. He's my personal troll.

        3. pundit of punts
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Already got my Lukaku captain points.

          You should be the one who needs to be worried as there's a 50 % chance of your captain failing.

          1. Pep bites Kun
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Kudos!!

        4. Dead Cat Bounce
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          I need him to do well (and captained) so badly. 28 points with San(C)hez to go

      11. Captain Knackered
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Three cheers for Sonaldo!

        1. Lecky Legs FC
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Hip hip hooray! 🙂

        2. Yankee Toffee
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Sonaldinho

          1. Captain Knackered
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

          2. Captain Knackered
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Sonchez

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

        What happened to Cedric? Martina is 4.3m, could be bargain

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

          Eyeing him up but Cedric looked like just a knock tbf

        2. Hurricane Gilbert
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Would also like to know this

      13. Gianfranco Zola
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Played Valencia, Williams, Collins

        Benched Walker. Lesson learned, don't bench your only good defender.

        1. Harper_
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          never bench your most expensive def, learnt this the hard way from bellerin last season

      14. The Chosen One...
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Bravo 3 baps...lol system is broken

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

          Penalty saves are an automatic 3 baps, they're worth too much.

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

          Penalty saves usually will yield bps pts

          1. The Chosen One...
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            which shows how broken the system is if a consolation pen save results in a player being motm

      15. HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Alexis Sanchez has 3 goals in 3 matches against Burnley

        Come (C) Alexis

      16. Viper
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Antonio & Rashford -> Walcott & Austin, no hit.

        Look OK?

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

        Those of you who captained Sanchez should be extremely happy! He will take many points in today. That's for sure. 🙂

      18. 1314
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Benched Defoe and played Capoue last week , played AOA and benched Walker this week...

      19. New Post
      20. Wurstmuncher
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Need a Walcott hatty and Sanchez blank to have any hope of a green arrow, gw over 🙁

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

          same here

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

          I want the opposite of that

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

            odds are on your side mate, good luck

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

            Oh well done, aren't you great.

            1. Annie
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              reply fail at C_G, see you here when you get 30 points ye?

      21. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        About to see if a 4 point hit for Ibra/Caz -> Rashers/Sanchez was worth it... come on Sanchez hattrick & cazorla 2-pointer...

      22. ejaknian
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        HAYoooo SAN(C)hez !!!

      23. M.A.G
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Bad game week for most of people , i've seen alot of posts about some people who are thinking to quit the game , it's not the first Bad gw guys
        Every one can have a bad gw now and then + most of captains failed this Gw
        don't blame Yourselves IT'S BEEN AN AWFUL GW

        Good luck to San(C)hez owners 😀

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

        Valencia > Davies sound good?

        1. Jamie_GAWA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          (Curtis)

      25. Wurstmuncher
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        should I drop Valencia or Coleman, no point spending combined 11m on these 2 if absolute lack of cleanies

      26. il Brutto
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Good game week thus far now Sanchez x 2 time.

      27. C_G
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        need a Sanchez goal to touch 80 this week

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

          Good for you

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

          link your team please, genius

      28. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        My team post -16 hit:

        Pickford (Grant)
        Walker Stones Lovren (Holebas Amat)
        Sanchez Sterling Firmino Son (Capoue)
        Aguero Lukaku Rashford

        Feels pretty good to get all the WBA, WHM, and MUN crap out of my team though.

      29. cylus11 ( Manager) - Russia…
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Need Bellerin goal or assist