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Dugout Discussion – Swansea vs Newcastle

After Burnley’s Chris Wood condemned Crystal Palace to a fourth successive loss, we turn to the Liberty Stadium in Sunday’s second, and final, fixture at 4pm.

Having grabbed their first win of the season in the previous round of fixtures, Swansea now have the chance to play their way into our plans ahead of an outstanding upcoming home schedule.

From Gameweek 6 onwards, Paul Clement’s side entertain Watford, Huddersfield, Leicester, Brighton, Bournemouth and West Brom in their subsequent six matches at the Liberty.

With that in mind, Tammy Abraham- at just 5.5 – has the chance to emerge as a valid option for our three-man frontlines.

After opening his account for the season at Selhurst Park, the on-loan striker grabbed a goal and assist for England U21s over the recent international break. He’s partnered by Jordan Ayew, with Wilfried Bony on the hosts’ bench.

The Swans’ new arrival Renato Sanches is fast-tracked into the starting XI after joining on loan from Bayern Munich on transfer deadline day. Over 116,000 Fantasy Premier League managers acquired the Portuguese international ahead of Gameweek 4.

Similar to their hosts, Newcastle are also braced for a strong run of matches in front of their own fans – five of their next six home matches sees Stoke, Palace, Bournemouth, Watford and Leicester visit St James’ Park.

New boy Joselu leads the line again after scoring on his first start in the 3-0 win over West Ham last time around.

At 5.5, he could rival Abraham in the budget bracket up front, though Christian Atsu’s prospects in midfield are dealt a blow as he drops to the visitors’ bench.

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

    TC fail

    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Triple captain ?

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

        Tom Caroll

        1. mbglo
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          You triple captained Tom Caroll? That's brave, Newcastle at home looked like a good fixture though

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

            😀

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

            Say that three-times-fast 🙂

        2. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          How can you possibly have a 4.5 5th mid fail ? That is what they do lol

  2. Frozen flying mammoth
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    "I got the ball!" with a confused face. Strange how professional football players don't understand the rules of the game.

  3. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    To think Ritchie should of been sent off...

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

      Your arse.

  4. Carlton P
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    DDG l Elliott
    Bertrand l Trippier l Davies l Alonso l Hunnemeir
    Mane l Pogba l Mooy l RLC l TC
    Kane l Kaku l Gabbi
    0 ITB 2FT
    Mane + Gabbi > antonio + firmino????

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

      Wait til Thursday

  5. The Polymath
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    5 more minutes and the "International break" Super Sunday will be over. Woo Hoo! 🙂

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

    TCarroll misses next week vs parent club, right?

    1. Cookie Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Parent club is Swansea

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

        😮

      2. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        He means he won't play against the club his dad supports, 😉

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Lol

  7. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Owning Ritchie is like being a Costa owner last season... You know he shouldn't be on your team due to YCs but yet

    1. Mark-O
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      At least he doesn't have anger management issues

    2. dhamphiir
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      3 Yellow card in 4 match is too much.
      2 more YC then suspension

  8. HD7
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Foster
    BDavies Jones Bertrand Luiz
    Salah Pogba Atsu
    Morata Kaku Kane(C)

    Subs: Elliot, T Caroll, Cork, Mbemba

    Next week: Luiz to Kolas

    If only I could get Ramsey in for Atsu I wouldnt have any regrets with the team...

  9. Mark-O
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Elliot (STO) or DDG (EVE) omg

    1. We Will Klopp you
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Expecting cleanies from both

  10. Delima
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Kolasinac and Lascelles on the bench...

    1. Oven Glover
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Lascelles I get. But Kola?!

    2. Mark-O
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Ouch

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

      Kola on bench?do you know how this game works?

      1. Delima
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        I forgot the deadline...

  11. CloudSky
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Whens the first yc cutoff? 5?

  12. JJO
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Faking hate fpl sundays
    Every time dropping like a stone in rankings,no matter how many players i have

  13. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Swansea gan doon this season 100%

    1. Pierce34
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      They'll be fine

    2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Totally going down. Dross

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

      Before this game they were 100% staying up

  14. CFC96
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Need help for GW5

    already gone mane to salah, but want to wondering whether to go atsu to mooy(-4) or mee to ben davies(-4) then bench atsu and go 4-3-3?

    1. CFC96
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      0.9 itb

  15. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Naughton mini-bandwagon effectively derailed?

    1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      the fire service are in attendance

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

      Nothing better than seeing bandwagons derailing

    3. Sandy Ravage
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Swansea still have some decent fixtures coming up

    4. tsm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      After spurs has a nice run of fixtures to next int break. Will re-assess after that

  16. 404_FC
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    how's brady play today?

    1. CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Meh.

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I was disappointed. But he's got loads of good fixtures coming up & doesn't need to do much to justify his price tag

  17. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Matt 'season keeper' Ritchie

    Newcastle got more goals from set plays than any other side last season. Premier League teams are worse at defending set pieces than Championship. Pens to come. What's not to like

    1. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      The fact that he's got insufficient points

      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah there is that 🙂

  18. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Picked the wrong Newcastle defender.clark scored last week,Lasma today and I have manquilo 🙁

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

      😀

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

        And you should get a bap 😀

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

          Yay

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

        2 Unexpected CSs today jafoo 😀

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

          Filthy casual 😉

          Well played Chucky..

  19. George21
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts on this WC team?:

    Elliot (Krul)
    Jones, Davies, Naughton (Lascelles, Tuanzebe)
    Mhki, Eriksen, Ramsey, Choupo (Groß)
    Kane, Jesus, Morata

    Could easily go Groß > Carroll, Jones > Kola?

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

      Looks very good. Very close what I'm planning on doing on 2nd international break. I prefer the latter version.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      hmmm, a valuable united slot non paying defender taking up space, Choupo a no go, ok apart from that.

      1. George21
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Why is Choupo a no go? Playing OOP?

  20. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    On the bright side for Southampton Defenders - Palace up next 🙂 surely that's got CS written all over it?!

    1. Athletic Nasherbo
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Palace will score

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

      There's no way CPalace won't score after 4 games of blanks

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

      Palace will score 2/3
      Im sure

    4. The Polymath
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Palace are due a goal.

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

    average around here?

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Very

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

        😆

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

        That's mean 😉

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

    At least I have Ritchie. Thankful for small mercies.

  23. El_Shaw
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Danilo, Ramsey, Abraham --> Bavies, Chopo and Vardy for a -4 hit?

  24. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Average only up 1.8 today.

    1. Oven Glover
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Good to get 10 from 2 then

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

      Filthy jammy ghost ship casuals get lucky every week.

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

    I'm guessing I won't be the only one doing Yoshida -> Lascelles this week 😆

  26. Syd.
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    These 2 games today have been absolute garbage

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Always were gonna be.

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      i aint moaning with elliot.

  27. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Elliot is the new Heaton

  28. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    1. Sell:

    A) Cedric
    B) Bertrand

    2. Sell:

    A) Chalobah
    B) RLC
    C) Cork
    D) T. Carroll

    3. Buy

    A) Gross
    B) Choupo-Moting

    Rationale appreciated of course 🙂 Thanks

  29. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Palace, Southampton, West Ham and Swansea all deserve to be relegated this season. Forget the teams which came up or the lieks of Burnley. But those first four etams have had long enough in the PL to prove they are not good enough and waste those spots in it.

    1. Ayew Holding Mee Cork
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Southampton's last 3 seasons: 8th, 6th, 8th

      You are drunk.

      1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        ah I overlooked that, that makes the quality of the PL look terrible then considering southampton massiely struggle to score goals and all they do is sell.

  30. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Elliott still sat there on my bench