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8 December 2018 2121 comments
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.4m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) were both named on the Arsenal team sheet for Gameweek 16.

Unai Emery had rested the Frenchman in both of the Gunners’ previous two Premier League matches but he is back in the line-up for the first time since Gameweek 12.

Arsenal look to be lining up with a back-three and wing-backs with Stephan Lichtsteiner (£4.5m) coming in for the injured Rob Holding (£4.4m).

Glenn Murray (£6.7m) has been left among the substitutes for the fourth time in Brighton’s last six away matches. In his place is Florin Andone (£5.0m) making his second start in three. Leon Balogun (£4.2m) replaces the suspended Shane Duffy (£4.7m) at centre-back.

Romelu Lukaku (£10.7m) returns to the Manchester United starting line-up while Anthony Martial (£7.5m) was not considerd fit enough to face Fulham, and neither was Eric Bailly (£5.0m).

As expected, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (£6.3m) leads the West Ham line in the absence of Marko Arnautovic but Lucas Perez (£6.2m) also gets a start. It will be interesting to see if he operates out wide or as a second centre-forward.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace named an unchanged side from the line-up that lost 3-1 at Brighton midweek.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Kolasinac, Sokratis, Mustafi, Lichtsteiner, Bellerin; Guendouzi, Torreira, Xhaka; Aubameyang, Lacazette

Huddersfield XI: Lössl; Zanka, Schindler, Kongolo; Smith, Mooy, Hogg, Williams, Löwe; Pritchard; Depoitre.

Burnley XI: Hart; Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Johann Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, Brady; Wood, Barnes.

Brighton XI: Ryan; Bruno, Balogun, Dunk, Bernardo; Knockaert, Pröpper, Bissouma, March; Groß; Andone.

Cardiff XI: Etheridge; Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Bennett; Mendez-Laing, Gunnarsson, Arter, Murphy; Camarasa; Paterson.

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Valery, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Targett; Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu; Redmond, Lemina, Armstrong; Austin.

Man United XI: De Gea; Dalot, Jones, Smalling, Young; Matic, Herrera; Rashford, Mata, Lingard; Lukaku.

Fulham XI: Rico; Odoi, Ream, Mawson, Bryan; Seri, Zambo Anguissa; Schürrle, Cairney, Sessegnon; Mitrovic.

West Ham XI: Fabianski; Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Masuaku; Noble, Rice; Snodgrass, Felipe Anderson; Chicharito, Pérez.

Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey; Wan-Bissaka, Tomkins, Sakho, van Aanholt; McArthur, Milivojevic, Kouyaté, Meyer; Townsend, Zaha.

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  1. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Jeez no more goals?

  2. Pukki Party
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Smalling 58' sub

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      How many minutes were added in the 1st half, will he get the CS?

      1. Pukki Party
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Not sure if joke

      2. Park the bus
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        lol no

  3. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Smalling going off before 60

  4. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Kane winning vs Auba

  5. BenDavies
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    This is genuinely the worst gameweek yet. Incredible as I thought it could be a decent one.

    1. bialk
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      My worst WC in 10 seasons.

    2. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Looking at your team we're in a very similar situation. Horrible!

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        It's a brutal one alright...!!!

  6. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Just accept the L on Lacazette and get rid?

    1. mikess
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Thinking so

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yep, be cruel to be kind to your team

    3. Maddi Son
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yup.

    4. TAT
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Wait until further news at least. There's a post-match conference usually, isn't there?

    5. Ghost Gooner
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I'd keep

  7. Brosstan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Smalling CS locked in 🙂

    1. The Train Driver
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Nope it isn't

    2. Park the bus
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      awkward

  8. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Huddersfield are playing well btw

  9. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Was 11k OR, took a -4 and an -8 consecutively, dropped to 26k before this week with multiple no shows in my first team, feel out of control of where my team is heading and the Salah hatty is going to decimate me.

  10. Maddi Son
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Both Sane & Sterling starting badly needed

    1. Dannyb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      This

  11. Dacra
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Awefil week, Chelsea bearing City will make up for it please.

  12. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    This is a list of everything that has gone well this week;

    The End

    1. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      laughed. +1

  13. Whats the Mata?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Bought La(C)a in for a hit this week.

    Well that's worked out pretty well 🙂

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Me too. And lost Firmino for him into the bargin...

  14. Numb
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Good performance from HUD’s here

  15. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Is this the same Arsenal that thrashed Spurs 🙁

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      No, Laca was playing.

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Both Spurs and Utd games were littered by mistakes because Arsenal, Spurs and Utd are desperate for points so they were over attacking.

  16. Regin
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    So arsenal can score 4 against Spurs, but none against Huddersfield???

    1. alastair
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      2 hard games in the last 6 days

      1. The Train Driver
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        They don't even have CL

    2. 4-4-who?
      • 16 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Huddersfield are deploying the same tactics that stifled Wolves (who should have beaten Arsenal btw). Still surprised?

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Tottenham have the 3rd most attempts in box conceded (behind Bournemouth and Burnley incidentally)
      Huddersfield have the 7th fewest attempts in box concdeded

  17. ☈☾
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    HUD & their tactics......

  18. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    I should have never put my trust in Arsenal and captained one of their players

  19. seewhyaxe
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    whatever tactics huddersfield has been employing, is working.

    incredibly frustrated

    1. the axolotl
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      thye've done it to city before. they are occasionally capable

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Fouling.

  20. Random Name
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    One of the things that made Wenger a great manager was patience. Wenger's problem was that he had too much. Emery doesn't have any. You've got to be somewhere in the middle

    1. Saka Punch
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      His subs have pretty much always worked in the past tbf

      1. Random Name
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        How long until Emery's fresh aura begins to wear off, the players start to get more comfortable and teams start to adapt in the second half?

      2. Deulofail
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        That's whatt the pundits say, and maybe they're right. But don't forget that more goals happen in the second half anyway and Emery can make very early subs, which may seem more effective thatn they are based on their goal involvement. Time will tell if he's as effective with subs are we say he is

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Wenger never made any subs before 70 minutes

    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Salty

    4. Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Couple of injuries in this game and we're down to 10 men. This is Arsenal after all

  21. Danstoke82
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Auba ain’t scoring is he

    1. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      More chance than Laca

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Ha

      2. Jam0sh
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        xD

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Still time

  22. MTPockets
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Why did Lacazette go off?

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        tactical

      2. maratus
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        He was awful

      3. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Lacing & slacing

    • DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Sterling hat trick can only save my GW

      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I really need that game to be a goal fest.

      2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        No he shouldnt

    • Deulofail
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Smith time wasting. Ref choses to slow down play even more instead of giving him a yellow (probably because he already has one)

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      5 points from 5 players 🙁

      1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Same

      2. Lokako
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I got 36 on one of my players. Before bonus

    • BigBillyBass
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      My biggest rival in my ML (55 points behind me) triple captained Lacazette and vice’d Salah. Literally in hysterics

      1. Ghost Gooner
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Put him on suicide watch 😯

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Hadergjonaj doesn't make 60'

    • Pat Bonner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      First captain fail of the season and done it in style!!

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        This will be my second in three weeks

      2. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Same here

        The good run was due to end sooner or later

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      CHICHAAAAAAAA

      1. Chucky
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        You don’t have him

    • BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      My lads just didn't feel like turning up today. Didn't quite feel like it.