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Dugout Discussion – Crystal Palace vs Chelsea

17 December 2016 1598 comments
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Gameweek 17 begins with Chelsea attempting to maintain their 10-game winning streak at Selhurst Park against Crystal Palace.

There’s plenty on show for Fantasy Football managers, with Eden Hazard a confirmed starter having missed the midweek victory at Sunderland.

Sold by more than 130,000 ahead of today’s deadline, they will be fidgeting uncomfortably throughout and hoping that Hazard continues to simmer in away matches. He’s scored just two goals in seven road trips so far, compared to six in eight at Stamford Bridge.

Diego Costa has had no such issues, home or away. He goes into today’s encounter off the back of just his third blank of the season on Wednesday – he is yet to go two Gameweeks without a goal or an assist this season.

For Palace, both Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke offer the major threat to a Chelsea defence that has conceded just two goals over their ten successive wins.

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

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  1. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Zaha asking for a yellow here

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  2. Flynny
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    There's no point in wasting 2 transfers selling and buying back costa is there?

    Best to play sub such as capoue who has stoke home.

    Agree?

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    1. Grand Thibauto
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Definitely

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    2. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Bench him

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    3. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      No way. Just bench Costa for a week.

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    4. FPLEL
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Agree.

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    5. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Why not if you are happy with the rest of your team? Transfers are there to be used.

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      1. Flynny
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        I will have other transfers to prioritise ....

        Kane to ibra likely to be 1...

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        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          This is what I'm saying. If you've got other things that need doing to your team then keep, otherwise there's nothing wrong with using the transfers on Costa out and back in if you're happy enough that you don't need to use those transfers elsewhere.

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      2. Pierce34
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Depends, massive waste of money if you bought close to his original price.

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        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          Aye goes without saying. I was late to the party so I'm ok.

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

      Probably playing Amat(WHU) instead, not bothered.

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  3. Fergietime
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Il just leave this here
    http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/exreferee-howard-webb-makes-extraordinary-claim-over-christmas-bookings-35237645.html

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  4. Gazzpfc
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Bought costa at 9.6m no point selling

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    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Yeah, would do same in your situation.

      As for me,I brought him for 10.6. Current price 11. Selling would make 0.2

      Let's say he goes down atleast 0.2, would make his buy back price 10.8.

      But I would want him back ASAP so waste of two transfers selling and getting back

      So yeah I'll keep too.

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  5. Evasivo
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Give Zaha a yellow and send off Ward

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  6. Beatle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Just checked, not impacted by first .1 drop in Costa price

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    1. Slartibartfast
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Good to hear. I was worrying about you.

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  7. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    What is Cabaye doing with his hair...

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  8. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Got to have been a tactical decision by Costa to have a nice Xmas break.

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    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Nice 2 week break

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  9. Kryten
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Can we get a separate Costa fourm for this week. Costa to ABC copy and paste

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2016/12/16/frisking-the-fixtures-gameweek-17-the-weak-4/?hc_page=6#hc_comment_14667070

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    1. Evasivo
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Just log off for a week

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  10. Forza Papac
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Zlatan buyers are gonna be bitten on their backsides by Mourinhos rotation

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    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Why? He's never been too bad at it in the past.

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    2. Arctic monkeys
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Zlatan does not get Rotated.

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    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      I can feel the Zlatan fear in your comment

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      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Haha exactly what I thought. Such unfounded and wishful thinking.

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  11. Matamatics
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Can someone please do something in this game asap

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  12. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Costa you useless donkey.

    I was all prepared to do Kane > Ibra FT. 0.1m short of Costa > Ibra!

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  13. Ten Season Wonder
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    with my 2FT next week I was going to strengthen my back line and bring in David Luiz & Phil Jones... But Costa suspension could throw spanner into the works now

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    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Foster - Pickford
      Rose - Holebas - McAuley - Nyom - Kingsley
      Alexis - Hazard - Theo - Lallana - Allen
      Kane - Costa - 'Nacho

      what you reckon?

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  14. Styles_X
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Zlatan is rising today and he will probably rise 0.1 more through Costa sales. Get zlatan in and bank a profit before selling Kane to Costa?

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    1. Ten Season Wonder
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      makes sense if you don't currently own Costa. But if you own Costa, sell him for one week and buy back after, you lose even more TV this way.

      may as well just keep hold and ride out the one week suspension

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    2. Ber2k
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Exactly. I'm 0.1 short though so will be hitting.

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    3. JogaSemmedo
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Exactly what I'll be doing. I brought Costa at 10.6 and sell at 10.8.

      Might think again if you got Costa cheap though.

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      1. Ber2k
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        I got him at 10.5. I could keep but would mean Zlatan one up top!

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  15. Camara
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Top 10k Captaincy / Ownership

    1 Costa 28.3 / 85.6
    2 Kane 28.0 / 36.9
    3 Eriksen 16.6 / 43.4
    4 Alexis 9.0 / 82.0
    5 Hazard 5.6 / 53.6
    6 Payet 2.0 / 6.6
    7 Mané 1.5 / 32.8
    8 Defoe 1.5 / 24.2
    9 Ibra 1.2 / 9.6
    10 Carroll 0.9 / 7.5

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    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Oh man, I really need Eriksen to have another epic game

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  16. SirStevieG
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Kane blank as captain last week and now Costa doing nothing.

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  17. TheTinman
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    HAAAZZAAAAARRRRRD

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    1. TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Didn't get booked

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    2. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Eff you tinman!

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  18. VS10_
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Typical Alonso.

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    1. Postman Ty
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      He's been good overall and the system is possibly better than ever, but you have to ask: what would it be like with someone who could actually finish or make good final passes. How much would we give up in Alonso to get another like Moses, or someone like a Walker or Coleman.

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  19. Coaly
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Costa captain fail 🙁

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  20. Guy Demel
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Moss is such a poor ref.

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  21. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Been no shots on target from either team. I wouldn't mind a 0-0 tbh

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  22. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Ohhhh Alonso i was up off my seat there 🙁

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  23. Jonny HOW SON?
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Most boring half I've seen this season

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  24. Scotty B
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Yet another terrible decision swapping the (c) from Kane to Costa this morning 🙁

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    1. Clump
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      The first half hasn't finished yet. Behave.

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  25. Fred54
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 4 months ago

    Though the Costa YC would have generated more pages...

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  26. AA33
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Who will replace Costa in next match?

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      1. Grand Thibauto
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Bats

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      2. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Batshuayi

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      3. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Batsuahyi may get a run out, or he'll have Hazard up front and play Fabs and Pedro

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        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 4 months ago

          ooh... Hazard upfront would be fantasy gold with great fixtures and net transfers of -120k this GW. 😀

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      4. dhamphiir
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        Hazard might play upfront and Pedro might play in Hazard position

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    • dhamphiir
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Costa has been red flagged at fpl

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    • Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Alonso would be so good if he wasn't so bad.

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    • Bouncebackability
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      What a take down from Azarrrrr that was.

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    • Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 4 months ago

      Awful game so far

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      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 4 months ago

        I really don't understand playing 2 DM's against minnows when you've got so many defenders anyway.

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