Dugout Discussion

Dugout Discussion – Bournemouth vs Chelsea

The day’s events draw to a close at the Vitality Stadium as leaders Chelsea bid to extend the gap at the top with Spurs breathing down their necks.

From a Fantasy perspective, Eden Hazard is now perhaps now the main draw in the Blues camp – he’s been acquired by over 94,000 FPL managers ahead of today’s deadline, while team-mate Diego Costa has been jettisoned from 103,000+ squads.

Costa is backed by more than 447,000 (10.1%) with the captaincy but has delivered just two goals in his last eight Gameweeks. Meanwhile, Hazard, for all his increase in popularity, has just a single goal from his last six away trips.

In defence, Chelsea have gone eight Gameweeks without delivering a clean sheet and will be tested severely by a lively Bournemouth attack on home turf.

Josh King is undoubtedly their key Fantasy asset – he’s produced five goals and an assist in his last five Gameweeks and 56,000+ have swooped for the Cherries midfielder ahead this evening’s encounter.

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

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  1. TorresMagic™
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    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Time to wildcard?

    1. Epic Fail
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      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Give it 10 minutes I'd say.

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers.

    2. Exeter Gently
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Your post and mine should be fused

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Yours needs a spoon.

        1. Exeter Gently
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Or a spork

    3. Slam
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Whatever Mark does

    4. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Is it GW36?

    5. Egyptian Giza
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Show me your team fam

    6. Reggie Nainggolan
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I am. Hate my team. Been doing rubbish for past 3 weeks

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        A bit the same, thinking about it. Might try it now.

    7. Lav
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I think so

    8. Zlatan Time
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Wildcarded a few weeks ago and it put me into the top 1K, just filled up with players with DGW coming up (except Coutinho)

      1. Lizard Lips
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        top 1k? lucky git, feel I should have done the same.

    9. Lizard Lips
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Your team looks brilliant, tactics aren't my thing but why not hold off on the WC till GW 35 and set it up for 37 Bench boost!? 🙂

      1. TorresMagic™
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        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        7th attacker is useless. Defence is rubbish. Sanchez is terrible 😛

    10. Lawrø
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      The West Ham win obviously did the job to wake you up.

      1. Pocky
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Go for it TM...I think it's justified.

  2. Exeter Gently
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    What would your perfect WC team look like, budget limiting?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      What would yours look like?

      1. Les Bleus
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        😀

      2. Exeter Gently
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Currently on:

        Pickford/heaton
        Alonso/walker/valencia/nyom/yoshida
        Carroll/king/cout/sanchez/hazard
        Kane/llorente/kaku

      3. Exeter Gently
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        At the end of the day ill choose what team i like best but im still curious if others have seen something ive missed

  3. Connor's Calling
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Thinking about:

    Coutinho / Aguero / Carroll ->> Zaha / Ibra / Kane (-4)

    Yes/No?

    1. Punter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I'd probably just go Aguero for Kane and play 3-5-2

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        So basically what this guy says (Y)

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Seems like a waste of points and transfers when you look at the left and there are 3 players likely to play and score returns next week. Zaha gets too much love on here for my liking. Ibra get's the right about of love, which is more respect than love, though I understand you want Kane, because it's Kane.

      I would do Kun to Kane and leave it there

    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Are hits taken into account now or after the GW in the context of Overall rank?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Now.

        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers

  4. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Place your bets please! Which will score more:

    A) B. Davies (BOU) + B. Davies (cpl) -4
    B) Maguire (stk) + Mawson (STO)

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Give me a B Bob

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        That'll be free for you!

  5. Lizard Lips
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    55 points and hardly any rise, jeez.

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      You seem surprised?
      It's not like your rank is 100K.

      1. Lizard Lips
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        just depserate to get top 1k and felt I had a blinder today, seems everyone has! could be a red arrow if Zlatan performs tomorrow too, hey ho! 🙂

        1. Lizard Lips
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          king hazard costa all delivering probably did my very badly

  6. joersherman
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    Is it too late to get King? Less games but easy ones after Spurs...

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      I wouldn't get him if I didn't have him.

      1. Bunk Moreland
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        I've been thinking that for weeks now.

        Josh King has scored more PL goals than anyone else in 2017 though. Think about that for a moment.

        1. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Getting him for Matt Phillips has got to be the best transfer I've done in the history of playing FPL.

          1. GertJan
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Same here.

            That GW28 haul was sweet! 🙂

        2. Epic Fail
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          Indeed. Luckily I've got a shoite bench otherwise I'm sure I would have benched him the last 2, but I still wouldn't be in a rush to get him looking at the fixtures.

  7. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 1 month ago

    What's the general scores this week? I'm 56 with Pickford, Sanchez, lukaku and baines left

    1. Bunk Moreland
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 1 month ago

      Average in top 10 k is 45,7 points after hits, with 4 players left if I read it correctly.

      1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        i would have a monster week if I wasn't an idiot who benched son. Would be on 72 points with 4 left

    2. Jay_
        7 years, 1 month ago

        47 from 7 (top 1k average)
        32 from 6 (overall average)

      • Punter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        57 with Ibra, Lukaku and Sanchez to play, could be great, could be average!

      • Boris Bodega
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        54 with De Gea, Walcott, Fuchs and Sanchez (C) left.
        Coutinho on the bench is stinging, unless Fuchs brings in the same points or more.

      • Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        41 with lukaku, ibra, sanchez and valencia to go. Hoping they do well, gw rank 1.1m atm 🙁

      • Still Unsure
          7 years, 1 month ago

          46 with Sanchez, Valencia and Lukaku left.
          Only 10 this week thanks to Walker, Carroll, de Roon and Maguire all being out/injured.

        • Chucky
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          46 with Ibra,Vardy,Kaku,Sanchez and Hennessey to go.

        • La vida FPL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          79 with baines, kaku and vardy to play

      • NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 1 month ago

        OR 447. Never been inside the top 1k this close to the end of the season so here's to hoping I can hang on in there.

        1. TorresMagic™
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          • 14 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          604 here. Managed 848 one season.

        2. Jay_
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Well done mate

          • The Hobbit
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Cheers! Still have BB?

            1. NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Still got BB, second wildcard and AOA. Only used TC so far.

          • Lizard Lips
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            well played, I am proper jealous but pleased for you, i dream of a top 1k finish but always fudge up with awful mistakes, will check out your team now and see how you broke into the elite of the elite!

            1. Lizard Lips
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              no link 🙁

          • Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            145 k here, 13 green arrows on the trot!

        3. Arteta
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 1 month ago

          I'll spend the night in Top 700. If Sanchez and Lukaku could somehow keep me in 1k that would be great 🙂

          1. Jay_
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Nice mate 🙂

            • Punter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Wow nice work

            • Magic Bean
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Nice job

            • Jazz!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Well done Mesut. You keep on steaming away 🙂

            • Pep bites Kun
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Nice one! 🙂 Hope the rest of the gw works out ...

            • Lizard Lips
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              incredible I am proper jealous

            • andy85wsm
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              • 13 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Excellent work Ozil!

            • Lawrø
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Christ! Well done buddy 😀

            • Exeter Gently
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              The air must be crisp up there

          2. ViperStripes
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Cheapest defender worth getting? Need to ditch Walker and free up funds for Kane & Alli

            1. NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Yoshida?

              1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Yoshifa is a legend had him for a few weeks now been awesome and points from Bertrand to but yoshida is the bap magnet

            2. Chris_H
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Got Yoshi already?

            3. ViperStripes
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              nope but got Stephens

          3. Magic Bean
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Surprising green arrow. Can only be happy with 58 points after leaving Coutinho and Llorente in my starting 11. Valencia, Sanchez and Lukaku to go

            1. NIGHTHIKER - I Kane, I Shaw…
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Have both Sanchez and Lukaku and I'm definitely keeping Lukaku, will wait and see how Sanchez does vs Palace.

          4. Jazz!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Down to 8k, was due an average-ish gw after the last one 🙂 Need a United CS and Vardy to have a party tomorrow.

            1. Magic Bean
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Just the United clean sheet please

            2. Chucky
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Same.Down to 7k and praying for Vardy party 😀 Selling Vardy for Kane this week?

              1. Jazz!
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Probably not, but will see after tomorrow

          5. Lav
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            105k ~> 117k

            Was in a great place 2 GWs ago at 94k. Been average ever since. Last time this happened I went all the way to 350k. Not letting that happen again. Time to close out the mini leagues and start a comeback in one.

            Hello WC 🙂

          6. TheTinman
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            I've never wanted a Sunderland goal more. Rival has triple Manure defence

          7. ZeBestee
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            any news on the remaining dgw fixtures which are not yet confirmed?

          8. Jazz!
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Ahh Suarez should've done a bit better there

          9. GertJan
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Jonty already made a transfer. Jumping on the Kane train? 😉

            https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/869/event/32

            1. Epic Fail
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              • 13 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Dunno.

            2. Lizard Lips
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              has to be

            3. Exeter Gently
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Aren't we all

          10. Dušan Citizen
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Up to 935 overall rank in Eliteserien fantasy. 😀

            I knew only 2 players before the league started. 😆

          11. Zlatan Time
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            As if i have Yoshida 3rd sub (9 points) and Gibson 2nd sub (8 points)

            1. Jazz!
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Yoshida on me bench too 🙁

            2. Dušan Citizen
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Same here, but it's S. Ward instead of Bison.

              1. Dušan Citizen
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Gibson* lol

          12. Epic Fail
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Real Madrid league champions, confirmed.

            1. ZeBestee
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              not

          13. Sterling is £11Mill..…
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 1 month ago

            Think I'm going to stick with Aguero for now mainly cause everyone is ditching him for Kane and I like to b different , see what Kane does next week

            1. MTPockets
                7 years, 1 month ago

                I still have Kane gw15-17 hangups.

            2. Bruno Bruno!!
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Moved up from 171k to 117k today happy days 🙂

              1. TorresMagic™
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                • 14 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Congrats!

                1. Bruno Bruno!!
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Thanks TM, glad I listened to you and saved a FT. What re your thoughts on the following

                  Sanchez to Walcott
                  Carroll to Kane

              2. GertJan
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Well done! 🙂

                1. Bruno Bruno!!
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Thanks saw you did well yourself getting GW rank of 42k

              3. Yank Revolution
                • 12 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                We're smashing it lately Anish!

                1. Bruno Bruno!!
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Indeed Yank Revolution, how did you do this GW

                2. Bruno Bruno!!
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Ignore my last comment saw you got 72 well done 🙂

                  1. Yank Revolution
                    • 12 Years
                    7 years, 1 month ago

                    65 actually, but thanks...remember, the top 10 k is ours!

                    1. Bruno Bruno!!
                      • 8 Years
                      7 years, 1 month ago

                      True, I was a bit skeptical of getting top 10k but now it seems within reach

            3. DoubleC
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Realy appreciate some help here.

              Jaku Valdes
              Alonso Walker Valencia Yoshida Mawson
              Sanchez Alli Eriksen King Siggy
              Kun Lukaku Origi 1ft 0.1itb.

              Set on doing Kun to Kane, which spurs do i lose. If not walker, i'll swap him for vertonghen later.

              1. Epic Fail
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Walker. Doesn't even play half the time.

              2. Reggie Nainggolan
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Walker imo. If not eriksen to Coutinho or Possibly hazard?

                1. DoubleC
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Thanks for replies. I'm normaly decisive with transfers, but can't decide on this. Just think 3 spurs attackers is too much. Plus Walker should play next gw, which would give me time to ditch.

            4. Reggie Nainggolan
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Current team

              Grant Jaku
              Davies valencia azi (yoshida Amat) 
              Siggy Pedro Sanchez alli (fletcher) 
              Costa lukaku Llorente

              Possible wilcard team

              Pickford jaku
              Davies valencia azi (yoshida Holgate)
              King Coutinho Sanchez Alli (de roon)
              Kane Ibra gabbiadini 
              0.4 ITB

              A few pointers
              1) Shall I do coutinho for eriksen and Davies for 4.8 defender?
              2) Keep lukaku until gw 34 for ibra
              3) Lack of chelsea cover and time to replace azi for who?

              Thoughts and suggestions plz

            5. We Will Klopp you
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 1 month ago

              Can I get the all clear to do Vertonghen and Vardy to Holgate and Kane tonight? Ideally I'd wait until Holgate plays but I need to penny pinch in order to afford an Origi to Gabbi upgrade & Kane's rising tonight

              1. Epic Fail
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 13 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Well it's not all clear, it's risky, but you can do it.

              2. MTPockets
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Origi's over 100%

                  1. We Will Klopp you
                    • 7 Years
                    7 years, 1 month ago

                    Hoping he rises then, would definitely help

              3. lordkippe
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                44 points. pickford, valencia, zaha, sanchez, kaku left. red arrow so far 🙁

                1. Zlatan Time
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Dont worry - its one GW

                2. Epic Fail
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Unlucky.

                3. Deulofail
                  • 8 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  48 points, Valencia to go. Cheer up!

              4. Zlatan Time
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Valdes - Pickford
                Valencia - Vertonghen - Gibson - Stones - Yoshida
                Alexis - Alli - Coutinho - Sane - Ndidi
                Zlatan - Vardy - Origi

                Vardy to Kane? Does that seem the obvious?
                Or Alexis to Hazard? Or both?

                1. Reggie Nainggolan
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Vardy for kane now and assess sanchez during the week

              5. PvA
                • 7 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                FWYT

              6. Torres76
                • 14 Years
                7 years, 1 month ago

                Best Spurs three?

                1. Davies
                2. Alli
                3. Son
                4. Kane

                1. Reggie Nainggolan
                  • 7 Years
                  7 years, 1 month ago

                  Alli
                  Kane
                  Davies

                  Does son play with Kane now back?