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Dugout Discussion – Bournemouth vs Chelsea

Saturday’s events end at the Vitality Stadium with AFC Bournemouth hosting champions Chelsea.

A high profile fixture for Fantasy managers, it’s importance has been elevated by Harry Kane’s injury which helped to spark 320,000 investors in Alvaro Morata. More than 132,000 of those arrived from the Spurs striker.

Morata disappointed on his return to Chelsea’s XI against Watford at Stamford Bridge, producing a single point from a 60-minute display. But four of his six goals for the Blues have arrived on the road and the Spaniard has had more big chances in away matches than any other player.

Eden Hazard is the other prize asset on show. He’s considered to dip in points output away from home, having scored 12 of his 16 goals last season on home turf. Yet to score this season, the Belgian boasts four goals in his last three matches against the Cherries.

Fantasy interest in Eddie Howe’s side is somewhat limited, with Charlie Daniels their top owned player; he is part of 9.3% of squads, though 45% of his managers have benched him for this evening’s clash.

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

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

    Hazard walking gingerly

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Impersonating Dave Kitson?

  2. Ups And Downs
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    So I took the free hit today, took out Jones, Ramsey, Firmino and Hazard and Lukaku

    Positives...brought in Sane and Kosalianc and Moreno...

    Last week I took a -4, Kane and Salah out for Hazard and Aguero

    You can only laugh, I seen the day it might annoy me.

    1. MR SUNSHINE
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Yep that's madness. It's why ithe chip is best deployed in the event of limited games or an injury ravaged team because the chip can always backfire otherwise

      1. tsm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Saving mine for the dgw’s. Seriously opens up new way of deal with them. Don’t to have to plan 4 weeks out of trnasfers 🙂

    2. Ups And Downs
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      The way fantasy is going this season I knew Hazard would score, I told my mate to back him, he's just had a tenner on him at 6/1 to score first

    3. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Yep last weeks team has overtaken my free hit team and I would have had to captain Hazard oh well it was always a gamble

  3. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Come on Alonso, get a goal my son

    1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      You must be a proud father.

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        Ill be proud if he gets a goal. If not, disowned

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

    Alonso makes 60' 🙂

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Wow I'm so surprised

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

    Stanislas Dead

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

      Groin

  6. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Stanis dead.

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

    Stanislas crocked 🙁

  8. G-Whizz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Stanislas off (groin)

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

    Morata has more assists than Özil & Eriksen this season's

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

      season*

  10. rivercityransom
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    my god, stanislas truly is made of glass

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      stanisglass

  11. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Unlucky Stan owners. Try again next year.

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Give it 6 months. He'll come back in, score a penalty, and then get injured again.

  12. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Grab a goal Motata my son

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      x10

    2. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Greedy guts....

    3. Fuchs Mane Kante
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      The referees a banker.

  13. Over Midwicket
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Conte is disgusting.

    1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Why?

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

      What is Jose then? He's far worse

  14. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    There are very pugh players with the quality of marc

    1. Guy Demel
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Nobody can cut back and shoot into the far corner like Pugh.

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      😉

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

    Smith likely to get a second YC

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

    Kane orange flag... Time to buy him back folks!

    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      ....at your peril

    2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      What does changing colour do to price changes? I feel some manipulation going on here 😉

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

        Less transfers out needed for a drop.

    3. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Capper Vs Palace

      *licks lips and enjoys multiple price rises*

  17. TyroneGAA
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    So as off last week I was top 50k this week I changed hazard sterling and Kane for a minus 4 and brought in Sanchez (c) rickarlson and aguero and am currently on 5 points WOW what have I done .. Please everyone hurl abuse at me ... Depressed

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

      shit happens

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

      SHUT UP

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

      In my defense I had 2 free transfers and I always wanted Sanchez and Ricky and was always going to do it but the Kane to aguero was really just added insult to injury

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

        DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO SHUT UP

    4. Holmes
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      I was 7k, now I'm at 93k

      Relax 😮

    5. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Well it's done, don't make any more knee jerks this week, and just see how they do for one more week. This is coming from someone who got rid of Kane last week for Morata, which cost me about 30 some points. Am really becoming a much bigger fan of not doing anything unless forced and waiting it out.

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

        My entire strategy this year was not to do transfers just for the sake of a game week and now look lmao unreal back to strategy again for me

    6. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Selling Haz and Sterling when they have easy fixtures this week was foolish...Aguero played 120 minutes midweek so there was a risk of him not starting

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

      taking hazz and sterling oyt was silly

    8. TyroneGAA
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Wow wait my plan was sterling was not playing full 90 and Sanchez was going to fire this week and that why I did it I never thought Kane would get injured and I went for it thinking one of aguero or Jesus was going to produce .. In my head I thought it was sound

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

      ... But on the plus side: if you count Kane > Aguero as your freebie, on that transfer at least, you didn't lose any points!

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

    Hazard skies a shot

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

    Hazard close

    1. Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Glenn?

  20. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Hazard row z.

  21. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea playing well

  22. Guy Demel
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Why does Conte have so little faith in his players he needs to act like an ape on the touch line and bark out every small order.

    The best coaches leave it to the players bar the odd tactical conversation on the touch line.

    Do the players even hear most of what he’s saying?

    1. Unfathomable Ruination
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Keeping the tempo up.

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      To be honest I find it quite entertaining, I love watching a manager getting stuck in !

  23. Sims
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    hazard bps score 44 damn

  24. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Morata's off the ball movement is non existent. He just seems to lumber about half asleep 😕

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

      Couldn't disagree more

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        I'm watching him closely as a new owner

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

      he is a very strange player indeed

    3. makaveli123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      His movement is very good imo

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        There have been a number of times when Hazard has been on the ball looking for him but he has been marking the defender

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

    Ibe is a terrible player

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He came from Liverpool, and not via Southampton. What do you expect?

    2. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      *Jordan

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

        *Jordon

  26. seewhyaxe
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    just need 1 more goal/assist from hazard, and a clean sheet for Chelsea.

  27. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Ibe thinks he's a long shot specialist

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

    Pedro needs to be subbed...ASAP

    1. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Stop it

      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 7 months ago

        You are being Chuckied I love it

  29. Alan_T
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    What happened to Defo3?

    1. Oven Glover
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      He’s old and gets tired easily

  30. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 7 months ago

    Pedro walking gingerly.....

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 7 months ago

      Bakayoko walking around bluey.