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Dugout Discussion – Man United vs Everton

Gameweek 5 concludes at Old Trafford as Manchester United’s Fantasy assets bid to end our weekend with a series of hauls.

Romelu Lukaku is undoubtedly the big draw. Still by far the top player, he remains part of 2.8 million squads and is backed by 1.4 million with the captaincy (30.1%).

However, having been the dominant captain all season, his Gameweek 5 support is at its lowest since the opening weekend of the season when he was backed by 28% of managers.

In addition, despite scoring six goals in six outings in all competitions, Lukaku’s ownership continues to slide.

The Belgian suffered a net loss of 72,000 owners ahead of Friday’s deadline and has so far been sold by another 38,000 managers before kicking a ball in Gameweek 5. Over 28,000 of those managers have made the move to Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, with the Argentine’s hat-trick putting real pressure on Lukaku today. Fail to deliver returns and sales will surely pick up pace.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan also needs to produce.

The Armenian has been the major benefactor in FPL terms from Paul Pogba’s injury, gaining more than 321,000 new owners – second only to Spurs’ Ben Davies for Gameweek 5.

But following the 11-point tally from City’s David Silva in yesterday’s 6-0 win at Watford, Mkhitaryan owners will be keen to see their man produce a return without the influence of Pogba alongside him.

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

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  1. F4L
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Kun Kaku Rooney. Best front 3 for the next 3 Gws imo

    1. goriuanx
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Rooney? 😆

      1. Pooodle
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Odd!

      2. F4L
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        will bang in the goals in the next 3. Wait and see 😉

      3. Exeter Gently
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        I second that. Rooney couldnt find his feet, much less the opposition goal. Time to be put out to pasture

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

      Think Kane outscores Kun still. whu hud BOU.

    3. cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Rooney?!

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

      Not going near any Everton attackers

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

    So Alonso and Firmino to Lascelles and Kun would give me this:

    -Elliot-
    Davies-Hegazi-Lascelles-Jones
    Eriksen-Richie-Richarlison
    Kane-Kun-Luk
    0.6itb

    Too weak team?

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

      i'd want better mids.

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

      Bench is Foster-Zanka-Mooy-Chalobah.

    3. Crofty92
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Too weak

    4. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      You need one of Mikhi/Salah IMO

  3. McNulty
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Plan A or Plan B?

    Foster (ars)
    Davies (whm), Mee (HUD), Clark (bha)
    Salah (lei), Mkh (sot), Brady (HUD), Carroll (WAT)
    Kane (whm), Lukaku (sot), Jesus (CPL)

    Bench: Elliot (bha), Lowe (bur), RLC (mci), Stephens (MUN)

    A) Annoyed at Valencia > Davies, but the plan was save the cash and do Stephens > Jones this week. Stephens is falling, shall I carry through with that transfer?

    B) I have 1.3m banked so I could also do Jesus > Aguero as Jesus' minutes are pretty erratic and he doesn't have penalties. For the same reason I don't think I will do Stephens > Kolasinac as Aguero may be essential come GW8 and I then wouldn't be able to do the swap.

  4. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Which front 8?

    A)
    Salah, Silva, MIKI Atsu, RLC
    Aguero, Kane, FIRMINO

    B)
    Salah, Silva, GROSS, Atsu, RLC
    Aguero, Kane, LUKAKU +1.1 to upgrade defence

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

      Second one

    2. Crofty92
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      A

    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      B looks sick.

  5. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Kane + Lukaku owners, what are you doing?

    A) Kane to Aguero

    B) Lukaku to Aguero

    C) Ignoring Aguero.

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

      C

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

      Have Lukaku Kane Jesus

      C

    3. Hurricane Gilbert
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      C until GW 8-9

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

      C

      1. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        C

    5. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      A

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

      A hit to get Aguero for Firmino and Gross for Alli

    7. Game of Stones
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      C

    8. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      On WC, currently on A

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

      C

    10. MikeDuff
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Probably just get Silva and pray

    11. Prison Mike
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      A probably

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

    What happened to Pedro ? Injured ?

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

    Stephens ➡ Jones tonight a no-brainer?

    Jones won't play midweek right?

    1. Pooodle
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I think that's a good move.

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

      Are there any midweek games this week?

      1. @fpl_phenom
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        League cup

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

        Yeah league cup on Wednesday

    3. FER FUSCH AKE
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      how on earth were you surviving without a united def

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

        Well he's only got 26 points, big deal

  8. Red Dagger ✪
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    How's this for a knee jerky WC Team...?

    DDG
    Stones Walker Davies Jones
    Eriksen Salah Ritchie
    Aguero Lukaku Tammy A

    Elliot Atsu Obiang Naughton

    Thoughts please...?

    1. Pooodle
      • 15 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Wouldn't want Abraham on a WC.

      1. Red Dagger ✪
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        well could be any cheap forward really. Rest of team..?

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

          Rather go Hemad 4.9 + mib then.

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

      Jones is enough for United D cover. Get Fabianski or 4.0

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

    Is this transfer worth -4 hit?
    Kane + Chicharito + Stephens --> Aguero + Vardy (If fit) + Naughton or Mee or Ward (Burnley)

    I still have WC which I might use it in International Break

    1. Exeter Gently
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Dem good tfs blud

  10. Gunned Down
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Foster Elliot
    Davies Jones Cedric Naughton Mbemba
    Alli Mikhi Salah RL Carroll
    Kane Morata Firmino

    .7 in bank

    1FT

    What shud i do?

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

      Save

      1. Gunned Down
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        want city coverage.

        how's alli+ Firmino to ritchie and Aguero

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

          I did same to Aguero and Ramsey

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

    Elliott (Foster)
    Bavies Jones Dunk Maguire (Rangel)
    Mkhitaryan Alli Willian (JWP Carroll)
    Lukaku Kane Firmino

    Need to do transfers tonight and it's a big call. Any help greatly appreciated!!

    A. Willian JWP to Silva 4.4 (still have wildcard)
    B. Lukaku Willian to Jesus Salah

    1. Crofty92
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      A

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

    A quick question please
    I have a defender on bench that got points while davies did not play.
    His points are still not recorded . When do they get recorded?
    Thanks

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Later tonight

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

        Cheers

  13. Exeter Gently
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Everton have been gobshite and very disappointing thus far. Koeman next to get the ol tbag?

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

      Nope. They've faced 4 of the top 6 so far. Won their other game.

      1. Limbo
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        And played pretty well for 65 minutes in that match. Should have beaten City.

        Not over yet for Blues.

        1. Exeter Gently
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 9 months ago

          Suppose youre looking at their options then?

      2. Pooodle
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        They have been poor though. I don't think he's going to be sacked any time soon but they definitely would have expected a couple of close games.

    2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      He'll get time to get it right.

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

      Nope, great manager. They've had nightmare fixtures to start with, only up from now on.

  14. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    lol @ everyone who wanted to sell kaku
    Jones sneaks in one baps too

    19 pts from 2 united players. why did I captain Kane?

    an otherwise bad week at least made average by my man united duo

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

      Jones on zero baps

    2. Sims
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      jones gets a bap?

      1. Exeter Gently
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        The kind you eat

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

      No he doesn't... Mhki on 1 BP

      1. FER FUSCH AKE
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        18 from 2 not much of a difference

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

          When 1 pt costs you a H2H, it does

    4. fedolefan
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Jones baps?

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

    Rises for Lascelles, Otamendi and Gross tonight. Cheap players for WC teams looking to catch rises this week.

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

    Kaku Pogba > Firmino Ali working out pretty well for me...
    And it made sense to sell Kaku since I'm captaining Kane next 4 weeks, and I expected so much more from Spurs

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

      Getting Lukaku out was always madness. He had scored 4 in 4 even before this.

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Doesn't make sense to get rid of one of the highest points scorers in the game for me

  17. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    what is pretty clear is there is no space for Morata yet

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

      Only in Mustafi's back pocket

  18. cheese XL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Thoughts please

    Foster Elliot
    Bellerin Davies Jones TAA Hunmeier
    Salah KDB Mkhi Carroll Chalobah
    Kane Lukaku Jrod

    1ft, 0.2itb

    A) Lukaku > Kun (442)
    B) kdb & jrod > gross & Jesus -4
    C) wc
    D) other

    Cheers

  19. Lukaku91
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    wow.. so got myself Kane for augero for this week. was certain he scores 2 vs swansea.. almost triple captained him. glad I didn't do that.. woulda ended my season

    I had to jerk so many times because of mane and pogba and now the kun does this to me!

    He has made me jerk again and I feel like the biggest jerk for ever getting rid! thought i couldn't have kane lukaku and augero... turns out i can

    current team

    foster - elliott
    cedric - jones - hegazi - zanka - mbemba
    ritchie - ince - salah - gross - doucoure
    kane - lukaku - aguero

    bank 1.4

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Very very unbalanced team

    2. ★Kuntheman★
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Use that 1.4 on your defence please

      That team makes me want to vomit apart from the front three

    3. Lukaku91
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      agree.. however its only about captaining the right big hitter.. thats all fpl is.. so you better off having them 3 up top and your mid suffers

    4. Lukaku91
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      im gonna spend the 1.4 on my mid.. but can't this week already took a hit to get auger back

  20. ★Kuntheman★
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Aight lads I'm gonna need some help with this one:

    Fabianski (Elliot)
    Mendy Davies Jones ------- (Mbemba)
    Eriksen Mkhitaryan -------- (Loftus-Cheek, Carroll)
    Kane Aguero -------

    Best combo?
    A) Bellerin-Salah-Abraham
    B) Kolasinac-Ritchie-Firmino

    My logic: Kolasinac is slightly better than Bellerin, Salah miles better than Ritchie, Firmino better than Abraham. But crucially...Salah better than Firmino.

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

      B all day

    2. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      A but Joselu instead of Abraham

      1. Big P
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Convinced he's nailed?

    3. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Kaku ?

  21. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    2nd Draft WC
    Fabianski Elliot
    Walker Kolasinac Bavies Lascelles Mee
    Eriksen Salah Ritchie RLC TC
    Kun Luk Vardy

    Thoughts !!?

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

      Man City cover.

      Ritchie Vardy to Silva Joselu?

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

      Very, very good.

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

      Looks good.

  22. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    My bro scored 74 with Kane (C) fail and no Lukaku. And he still has Surman (10) rotting on his bench.

    Fair play.

  23. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    No injuries today, please, lads?

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      Welbeck 🙁

  24. the snazzy viking
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    27 points from 2 players 😎

    1. ★Kuntheman★
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I got 20 from one yesterday. 😉

    2. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      48 from 3 😎

  25. Harper (No more Penandes)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Strikers are where it's at. 3 big up top must be the way to go with cheaper mid, probably Ritchie or gross

  26. jam
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Silva vs Mhki on a WC?
    Hace Kun & Lukaku.
    Ta

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

      Mkhitaryan for me simply due to Pep trust issues

      1. jam
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Thanks Mike, leaning that way

  27. Steevo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Who scores more next week:
    A) Kane(whm), Choupo-Moting(CHE)
    B) Aguero(CPL), Monreal(WBA) (-4)

    1. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      I would say B

  28. Boom Xhaka-Laca
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Foster (Elliot)
    Alonso Davies Blind Cedric (Naughton)
    Hazard Eriksen Mkhi Jese (Groß)
    Firmino Jesus (Quaner)

    1 FT What to do???

  29. Scotty B
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 9 months ago

    Morata + Firmino > Aguero + Rooney for -4 hit sound good?

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

      Rooney??

      1. Scotty B
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        Yes

      2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 9 months ago

        This ^^^.

    2. Game of Stones
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 9 months ago

      No

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

    Lessons learnt today:

    Lukaku is a weasel