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Dugout Discussion – Man United vs Southampton

Gameweek 21 continues under the lights of Old Trafford as Manchester United host Southampton in the evening kick-off.

For Fantasy managers, the focus is certainly on the home side, though arguably they are fading fast as a source of Fantasy talent.

David De Gea – the top owned goalkeeper (43.5%) – has produced just a single clean sheet in his last seven Gameweeks, while Romelu Lukaku’s decline as a Fantasy asset has continued at pace having claimed just two goals in his previous eight Gameweeks.

Even Paul Pogba has disappointed of late, blanking in his two appearances since returning from injury and recording just a single touch in the penalty area in the process. We will look for more from him tonight.

Instead it is Jesse Lingard who heads into this match as an unlikely source of form and points. Deployed in a No 10 role for United, he has produced five goals and two assists in his last seven Gameweeks and was the second most signed asset ahead of today’s deadline.

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

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  1. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone selling Salah?

    1. Fpldonny
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      dont see the point, would have to pay so much more to bring him in... that and he scores for fun form the bench anyway

    3. Yozzer
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Depends how long he out for. More than 2 gws then yes

    4. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      For bringing him back in with a ft next gw and loose a lot of team value?

  2. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Sky sports app says head injury rules mean a six day layoff for Lukaku. Aguero or Jesus incoming for me. Lucky save Ddg there.

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Might have to take a drop before seeing City team tomorrow.

  3. Jönny
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    How nailed on do we think Adrian is? His fixtures after the double are pretty good, tempted to go with him and Speroni on a wildcard, but is that a bit risky...?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Could go out at any moment

      1. Jönny
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        There are some troublesome comments from Moyes floating around... hmmm. Had a nice team set up with him in.

    2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      If your rival is Joe Hart you’re safe.

    3. The EJJ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      don't really see why he'd get dropped but who knows really

  4. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Lingard has been awful

    1. Patch
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      His price will rise tonight regardless

    2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Scout Pick curse.

  5. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Shane Long
    Its just not your year

    1. Je suis le chat
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Or was 2016!

    2. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      just a crap player.. always bad positioning n useless runs

      1. Je suis le chat
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Should have stuck to the hurling.

  6. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Without DDG.. ManUtd would struggle to make top4..

    1. Yozzer
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Top10.

    2. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Most teams would without a keeper ?

      1. Freshy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Well served Sir

      2. El-Kloppico
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Did i mention without any keeper? Romero is a great gk yet they'd struggle

        1. Hotdogs for Tea
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 5 months ago

          I thought DDG is a keeper, oh well. You certainly didn’t mention Romero or a replacement either 😉

          It was a joke ... chill

    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Mourinho is just a continental Pulis.

  7. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    "How on earth did he get that over the bar"....he had no idea where the hell it was going...just happy to get his foot to it.

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Pretty much.

    2. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Sometimes people don’t give enough credit for keepers’ positioning. It’s not luck friend

      1. Epic Fail
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Nobody is discrediting the save. It was a brilliant save, but he ha no control over where it ended up.

        1. Dr Dream
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 5 months ago

          This...

        2. Les Bleus
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 5 months ago

          I see. I thought he meant the save was lucky.

    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Because that’s the narrative the media now has. At the start of his Man U career when he was a “dodgy keeper” people like Mills would have derided him for it.

      Mills is a pinhead of course.

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Long hits corner flag

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      That counts as close for Long.

  9. Les Bleus
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Would you rather get Arnie for Richarlison or Vert for Christensen?

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Arnie. Christ just ill.

    2. No_Mo_Salah?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Arnie for me

    3. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers guys

  10. Rik Waller
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    How did he save that?

  11. Salarrivederci
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Matic half asleep.

    United lineup:

    DDG
    Jones - Young
    Mata

    1. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Jones is worth 7 men

      1. Salarrivederci
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        Ye 😉
        Well Young might be banned now. Lineup against Everton:

        DDG
        Jones
        Mata

  12. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Young retrospective ban?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Confirmed.

  13. El-Kloppico
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Young retrospective ban incoming

  14. Fred54
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    To get Lingaard I had to sell Jones.

    What a tool move that was.

    1. Salarrivederci
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Atleast they score more than Swansea. Oh w8 😉

  15. mgrea
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Young ban

    1. BAMBAA
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Must be.

  16. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Bird plop mouth ban inc

  17. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Today confirms Salah and De Gea are not human

  18. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    As a Jones but not DDG owner, should I want a CS or not?

    1. mir
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

      1. mir
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        No utd cover so praying for Southampton goal.

    2. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      😐

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        😆

    3. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      aye, want. gives you points regardless of whether others have both

    4. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      LOL

    5. No_Mo_Salah?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Yup

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

      CS ofc!

    7. Les Bleus
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Lol what in the world...

    8. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      You should pray for 10 goals conceded so that DDG loses 5 points.

    9. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Smart

  19. Dele
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Kane, Eriksen & Son too much for the DGW?

    1. jayzico
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      That's my plan. But my plans have failed big time this season.

  20. No_Mo_Salah?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    So... Morata, KDB and Richarlison to Kane Alli and Son for -8? Or could just go Richarlison to Alli for ft and hope Kane is quiet? Cheers.

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Keep KDB

  21. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    We just can’t get going. Sigh.

  22. jayzico
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Goodbye Morata.

    We had such a good honeymoon period. But you're gone now.

  23. Mackans
    • 6 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Was it a serious injury with Lukaku? Can he miss next match?

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Head injury. Could be anything.

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      See earlier post head injury rules 6 days off apparently.

    3. El-Kloppico
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Will surely miss the next match. head injury.

  24. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Just wait for 60mins to cross and watch the Jones bonus

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

    why ban for young? did united get peno or a red for soton?

    1. Neeskens Under Matip
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Off the ball elbow in the stomach, at a corner, not spotted by the referee...

  26. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Come on Southampton

  27. 007 [RoboKlopp]
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Which one to hold, Haz or Morata?
    Why?
    Cheers.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      haz.
      rested, and (although we've said it for ages) due an explosion. i wouldve kept him if i could, but needed to sell to fund bringing kane in.

    2. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Neither, both overpriced and can't deliver with the easiest fixtures. None are nailed

      1. Kermit Special
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 5 months ago

        This.

    3. No_Mo_Salah?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Morata for me as I think there is more value in midfield but not many forward options. Saying that i will probably shift Morata for Kane this week.

  28. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    PoBa deserves baps for his Hollywood passing

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      ?

    2. Hooky
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      He's no Shelvey

  29. the snazzy viking
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Christensen flag removed

  30. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    6 years, 5 months ago

    Even when United win by a few they never take a game by the scruff of the neck and dominate...it's just all a bit average for long periods...

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 5 months ago

      Yep. When I sell Pogba for Son I will be free

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

      I think that is also true of Chelsea. But both teams are built on solid defence and have been more successful than their philosophical opposites - Arsenal and Liverpool.