Dugout Discussion
18 August 2018 3055 comments
DavidMunday815 DavidMunday815
Share:

Eden Hazard (£10.5m) has been named on the Chelsea bench for the second week running as the Blues host Arsenal.

That comes after comments from Maurizio Sarri last week that the Belgian midfielder was not yet capable of playing 90 minutes, but he is still in 11.8 percent of teams.

Whether or not Hazard features as a substitute may well depend on the way the match unfolds. Sarri admitted that he was introduced in the second-half of Gameweek 1 as his side were already 2-0 and comfortable and cruising against a tired Huddersfield outfit. That might not necessarily happen this week.

Hazard’s absence from the starting line-up means another start for Willian (£7.5m) and Pedro (£6.5m) on the wings.

In the Arsenal camp Aaron Ramsey (£7.5m) was named on the bench with Alex Iwobi (£5.5m) coming in for his first start of the season.

The main focus will be on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) though, sitting in 17.8 percent of Fantasy squads.

For the second time in 2018/19, Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) was chosen among the substitutes.

Bernd Leno (£5.0m) received similar treatment, with Petr Cech (£5.0m) preferred in goal once again.

CHELSEA XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Luiz, Alonso; Jorginho, Kante, Barkley; Willian, Pedro, Morata.

ARSENAL XI (4-2-3-1): Cech, Bellerin, Sokratis, Mustafi, Monreal, Xhaka, Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

Become a Member and access our data

Memberships for the 2018/19 campaign are now available for the price of £15.

Join now to get the following:

  • Plot your transfer strategies using the fully interactive Season Ticker.
  • Get projections for every Premier League player provided by the Rate My Team statistical model.
  • Use Rate My Team throughout the season to guide your selections and transfers.
  • Get access to over 130+ exclusive members articles over the season.
  • Analyse our OPTA-powered statistic tables specifically tailored for Fantasy Football Managers.
  • Use our exclusive tool to build custom stats tables from over 100 OPTA player and team stats.
  • View heatmaps and expected goals data for every player.
  • Use our powerful comparison tool to analyse players head-to-head.

CLICK HERE TO BECOME A FANTASY FOOTBALL SCOUT MEMBER

  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Auba goal disallowed

  2. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Morata need a goal asap....

  3. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Auba scores! Offside.

  4. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hazard on in 5 minutes it seems.

  5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hazard and kovacic coming on

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

    Big boys coming on!

  7. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hazard lurking

  8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    William and Barkley coming off

  9. Cok3y5murf
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Kante so far forward

  10. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Willy getting hooked.

  11. JELLYFISH
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Getting the early transfer itches.....King 》 Ings would free up a very handy 1m

    1. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      tempting

  12. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Willian made 60 mins just.

  13. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Willy withdrawn

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Stout fellow.

  14. jia you
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    OUT: Eriksen, King, Sanchez, Jimenez, Boly
    IN: Hazard, Wilson, Mkhi, Arnie, Robertson

    That's enough for tonight I guess 🙂

    1. Andy'81
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      WC active?

      1. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Yes sir!

    2. No Salah
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Fun time!

      1. jia you
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Yup, gonna enjoy my week of tinkering 🙂

  15. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    The Pedro trap is now firmly set.

    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      What trap? I have had him for two weeks now

  16. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Willy out

  17. The Baby-faced Assassin
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Will assess after the City game tomorrow but does this look a sound move in principle?

    Jota and Mahrez > Micky and BSilva? + 0.9 ITB.

    1. noahzark22
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      in principle, yes

  18. The Left Duke #3
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    William is just not a good FPL option. Had him for spell last season. Never again

  19. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Barkley off the pitch before 60
    Willian off the pitch at 60:06

  20. Atimis
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    How would you fit in Wilson or Miki?
    Arnie worth keeping with these fixtures?

    Salah / Mane / BSilva / Richa
    Kun / Arnie / Zaha

    1. The Left Duke #3
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      BSilva in for Mkhi. Keep frontline as is

      1. Atimis
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        Why get rid of BSilva if KDB is out?

    2. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      BSilva and Arnie

  21. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Sorry but that first half miss from Aubameyang is exactly why ‘lols’ can’t be banned.

    They were made for event like that. Wow absolute sitter.

    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      This 😀

      1. Poppa Klopp
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        You are skating on the edge there you even said “lol”

        Next you’ll be posting RMT here and not on the dead board you’re now told to post them to!

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 8 months ago

          Keep up

  22. noahzark22
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    So I'm trying to be judicious and calm with my transfers this year, see how that works for me. My most pressing issues are Siggy and King in my squad. After that is Eriksen and depending on tomorrow Gudmundson.

    I have two FT and 2.0 itb

    I'm thinking at the moment, just Siggy to Mhiki and bank my other transfer. I know as soon as I jettison King, he's going to score a couple. And that gives me 2.5itb to either upgrade King or Gudmundson the following week. Both players still have good fixtures.

    1. Marvin.
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Slay the King mate.

      1. noahzark22
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        It's tempting. Do I drop down to a 4.5 Kamara or up to an Arnie or somehow an aguero?

  23. Sterling is £11Mill..…
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Zero players up front is the most appealing.

  24. Darth_Krid
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Sigh, my move was going to be Jota > Mkhi for next week anyway, now everyone will be doing it!

    Can enjoy the price rises I guess.

  25. All de Gea no iDier
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Are Chelsea playing against themselves?

    "57 mins
    GREAT SAVE!

    Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal

    Superb stuff from Ross Barkley.

    He skips past the challenge of two Chelsea players, chips the ball in between the challenges of another two, before drilling a low shot which is brilliantly tipped wide by Petr Cech."

  26. 420king
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    So Sarri prefers Pedro to Willian for the right wing? Looks like I'll be switching to 352 too...

  27. Paganoi
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    I absolutely love Kovacic. So jealous that Chelsea got him.

  28. Poppa Klopp
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Ok, WC it is then

    Anyone see Aub as a keeper?

    I’m thinking swapping him for Kane but also keep Kun and salah... there seems to be plenty of value out there...

    1. Richd
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      I’m keeping for now.

      Why do you need to WC tho?

      1. Poppa Klopp
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        I think there is good value with players I want to move for, looks to me like premium defenders, cheap mids and premium strikers is the way to go this season

  29. ballstoyede
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    Kante looks like a great 5m option.

    1. Valar(Keith)
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      I hate to admit it.. but yes he does

  30. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 8 months ago

    What a game, just catching up, anything exciting happened?

    1. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 8 months ago

      Morata looking lively...

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 8 months ago

        😮

        Jammy owners....sick of them