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Dugout Discussion – West Ham vs Brighton

A third Friday night kick-off of the season brings us to the London Stadium and a Gameweek 9 opener between West Ham and Brighton.

Sadly, the Fantasy interest in this fixture is somewhat limited.

The Hammers defence has kept three clean sheets in their last five Gameweeks, but that’s not been enough to keep left-back Aaron Cresswell in the starting XI.

Arthur Masuaku has been pushing for inclusion in recent Gameweeks, with impressive cameos from the bench that have brought two assists. He gets the nod tonight, with Cresswell dropping to the bench.

Elsewhere, Chicharito’s start always looked guaranteed once he was declared fit with Andy Carroll suspended. The Mexican – who is still owned by 15.7% – looks to be the lone striker in a 4-2-3-1, with an attacking trio of Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini and Marko Arnautovic patrolling behind.

Meanwhile Brighton – who make their second appearance on a Friday night – boast the 14.7% owned Pascal Gross.

He gained an assist at Bournemouth on his last Friday outing and has remained integral for the Seagulls, earning another assist in Sunday’s draw with Everton. He’s been involved in 83% of Brighton’s goals when on the pitch.

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

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  1. phace
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Großßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      someone sat on your laptop?

      1. phace
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Would gladly let Groß sit on something else of mine.

        1. StoichkovFPL
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          for an assist? comeone! at least a goal! 😉

          1. phace
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            You take me for a classy broad?

            I'd gladly sell my liver for a Newcastle clean sheet this week.

            1. StoichkovFPL
              • 8 Years
              6 years, 6 months ago

              🙂 🙂 🙂

      2. Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        A fat German by the looks of it.

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

      elaaaaaaaaar

  2. Dynamic Duos
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    🙁 I just got to hope and pray Cresswell doesn't come on

    1. Rossamous
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I hope he comes on. Could get CS points if brought on before 30

    2. Totti
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      me too 🙁

  3. Gobigorgohome
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    GROSSS

  4. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Our gain is non-owners loß

    1. phace
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Maß transfers in for ß next week. Bring on the value!

  5. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Gross is a crap player - hate it when they do well. Like Josh King.

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

      Basic

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

      Have you seen his delivery on set pieces? Daft comment, to be honest.

    3. Yozzer
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Screen overachieving

      1. Yozzer
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Agree* overachieving

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

      Jealousy

    5. Haggis
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      When you create the most chances in Bundesliga - for Ingolstadt - you cannot be a crap player.

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

        Great point. Should have looked at him more but Ritchie & now Richarlison have ticked over for me.

  6. drughi
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    hmmm might have to get gross, keep ticking on with points

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      naaah. Zaha + Richarlison much better

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

    Cresswell CS is still safe

    1. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      yup. 16 mins to go

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

    You know you're bad when Glen Murray scores against you 😆

  9. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Come on Bilic, sub Cresswell in before 30 mins my son.

  10. Legendary!
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    This is going to be a bad week. I sense it! Left Gross on my bench (not intentionally mind you - played T.Carroll instead. He better score a brace)

    1. Jar Jar Winks
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      2points incoming

  11. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    When you buy GroB just to have an interest in the televised game 😎

    1. *Reformed-Character*
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      haha nice

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

      It's why I kept Chicarito this long!

    3. Pigeon
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Its Gross not GroB ffs

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Obviously over your head. Have some crumbs

    4. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Wish I'd done that. Could not be less interested in this game right now

    5. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Well done WR!!!

    6. justmatt
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      I was tempted to get rid this week but opted to keep as he's on the tele.

  12. The Overthinker
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Gross first sub 😀
    Pretty happy when my bench gets points.

  13. VFORVANDETA
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Grosssss.One more.

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

      Yeß pleaße

  14. Plant Based FPLer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Hart shocking bad. Gross brace coming!

  15. Essan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    I do think Gross is going to be this seasons Mahrez 🙂

    1. Yozzer
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      No way. He won't keep it up. They awful

    2. Jar Jar Winks
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      nah siggy in his first season at swansea

    3. Mull
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Leicester were pretty good though.

    4. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      He's a crap player on a hot streak. Might be good for FPL, but I am not a fan of those players in real life. I prefer players who are good like Eriksen and Kane.

      1. Jar Jar Winks
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        created the most chances in germany last year

      2. Pigeon
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Are you mad? Crap player? Made the most chances in the bundesliga last year for a team that was relegated

    5. phace
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      This season's Capoue with more longevity.

  16. Kun Tozser
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Is Bavies to Sakho crazy?

    1. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Is that CP? I'm all for Zaha but...

      1. Kun Tozser
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Yeah, thought as much

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Rather get PVA.

    3. Plant Based FPLer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      That one week Hennessey got 12 saves I was like, "Is this the new Heaton?"

      My defense is Fabianski - Elliot
      Fernandez - Clark - Alonso - Kolasinac - Mee

      Have felt bad not having Jones, Davies.

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

    Pascal Grossssssssssssssss

  18. GuyIncognito
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Brighton bossing this game.

    1. redbeard
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      boßing*

    2. George Sillett
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Really ?

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

    Playing Carroll over Gross was probably a bit silly

  20. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Are you effing kidding me?
    1-0 down ffs (and no, that isn't short for Fantasy Football Scout) lol

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      you've done well to get nil tbh

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 6 Years
        6 years, 6 months ago

        Thankfully stuck at work so can't see the game...

        1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          honestly- stay away from the highlights unless things change dramatically.
          It'd be a waste of 9 seconds

          1. G-Whizz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 6 Years
            6 years, 6 months ago

            😆

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

        Careful, now ... 😉

        1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 6 months ago

          😀

          sorry gaffer

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

            😀

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

    Just got rid of gross didn't think they were going to score at Brighton nothing is ever straight forward in the fantasy league ain'it 🙂

  22. barracuda
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Price change predictor reset..... Jesus down to 86...

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Take a look at fplstatistics.com

      Prices going crazy...

  23. RohanVaswani
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    What’s the latest injury update on Mbemba?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Injured?

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Is he injured or just dropped?

    3. StoichkovFPL
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      ermmm he is fine...

    4. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      that he's still crap

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

      Try to Mbemba, when nights were so tender, and dreams were made, beside your pilllloooowww... greet ad.

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

        + 42!!! 😆

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

          *high-five 🙂

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

    well Antonio clearly gettin gnothing tonight, that was a waste of a transfer

  25. Foozeball
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    I put Dunk on the bench. I hope I don't end up regretting that decision 🙁

  26. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    C'mon Brighton!

    New paint job on the Gnomes toadstools incoming.

  27. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Did Gross 》》Shaqiri last week.. and double punishment.. Shaqiri now injured !!

  28. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Antonio down.

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 6 months ago

      Hopefully not a sign of my GW to come lol

  29. El Lobito 10
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Why in earth would you not play Cresswell? Bilic is such a plonker of a manager.

  30. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 6 months ago

    Get Cressy on for Antonio already.