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Aubameyang continues to defy Christmas rotation threat

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.5m) continues to defy the Christmas rotation as he starts his tenth Premier League match in a row against Brighton.

The Arsenal forward even played the full 90 minutes as the Gunners lost to Tottenham in the recent EFL Cup quarter-final.

Unai Emery has decided to go with the big guns up top again as Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) also earns a start.

Meanwhile, Lucas Torreira (£5.2m) returns to central midfield after earning a rest against Burnley, while Laurent Koscielny (£5.4m) gets back into the side alongside Sokratis Papastathopoulos (£5.1m).

Mathew Ryan (£4.5m) plays in goal with his Asian Cup departure with Australia looming large, while Shane Duffy (£4.6m) returns from a three-game ban to replace the suspended Lewis Dunk (£4.5m).

Jurgen Locadia (£5.3m) gets another start on the wing at Anthony Knockaert‘s (£5.4m) expense, with Glenn Murray (£6.5m) coming back in, as expected.

Brighton XI: Ryan, Montoya, Duffy, Balogun, Bernardo, March, Stephens, Propper, Locadia, Gross, Murray.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Kolasinac, Sokratis, Koscielny, Lichsteiner, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Torreira, Ozil, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

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1,820 Comments Post a Comment
  1. BENOIT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Laca needs to go...

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

      Before liv? Madness.

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Tick over nicely.

    3. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      You need to upgrade to Auba and forget.

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

      It looks like his assist is to stay

  2. Threat Level Midnight
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling/Alonso/Hoijbjerg>>Pogba/De Bruyne/Digne for a -4?

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds decent

      1. Threat Level Midnight
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Hart/Lossl
        TAA/Robbo/Doherty/Wan Biss/Alonso
        Hazard/Sane/Sterling/Hojbjerg/Fraser
        Auba/Wilson/Jiminez

        Current squad

    2. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      would do that for sure

  3. wulfrunian
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Come on Marcos!

  4. Alli 3',17',64�…
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Its gonna be a Rudiger goal, not Alonso or Luiz

  5. Amey
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Rage transfers completed !!
    -12
    To get in Salah+Son+Digne
    Wish me luck.

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Already got all three of them ;)!

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Great job mate.

    2. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Depends who you took out...

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Sane,Sterling, Dunk

    3. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      lol

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

      Sane sterling and Alonso out?

      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        SS-Dunk

  6. Jebiga
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling and snoddy to son and pogba for free ? Yes or no ?

    1. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds alright that

    2. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Yes

    3. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Son train has passed. Will be leaving for Asian cup after next gw

      1. g40steve
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Two more games, or 30 points 🙂

    4. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I won't get son now as he is a transfer waiting to happen.Pogba is a long-term one I like

      1. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        This

  7. i am jose mourinho
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    All i need is a goal from Kepa

  8. WVA
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Alonso due big time

    1. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      More like Due a sending off. Being getting away with reckless challenges of late 😉

    2. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      If there was ever a week 😉

      Shades of the Jamie Jackson & Kun rumours...

    3. Alli 3',17',64�…
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Phil Jones is due big time, but that dont mean he gonna score

  9. Mysterion
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Does Emerson have a cup competition only clause in his contract 😛

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

      If your defence is performing, you don't rotate it IMO. Chelsea hardly doing badly. Need to win today though.

  10. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    C'mon Kolasinac, need you to score a goal 🙂

    1. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      No good so far.

  11. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I’m happy to miss out on AWB bench points for the chance of Alonso doing better in the live game. I’d maybe have been less happy if Digne was my first sub 🙂

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Alonso definitely due. Could be this evening.

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

    Haz and Alonso. Haul. Please.

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Just Alonso, I’m afraid

    2. Volley127
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Desperately need this.

    3. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      This. So much.

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

      This is our night...

  13. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Got rid of Salah and Son on my wc before last week on rotation scare. Got Sane and sterling in as I was hopeful they would play.... as they did to no effect. This game...

    1. shearer9
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      I don't recall a time when Salah has suffered major rotation, if at all.

      1. sminkypinky
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        He hasn't to be fair. More of a gut feeling that went horribly wrong.

    2. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Got one better. Andy transferred out Son and Salah for a -8 last gw.

      Anyone could calculate how many points he,d be better off if he did not make any changes?

  14. shearer9
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Luiz headed goal from Hazard corner.

  15. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Bottomed.
    Sterling, Fraser & Kola > Pogba, Son & Digne (-4)?

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

    To give some context to how poor Sterling and Sane have been. Last 6 GWs, Lacazette has outscored them.

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      #Essential

    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      😮
      Sold them both.

    3. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Da fuq.

    4. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Hah! Serves me right.

    5. Ravager
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Whew, that's depressing.

    6. Business Cat
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      ...except Sane has 27 in the last 6, Lacazette has 26 (assuming no bonus this week)

      Sterling's been pants though

  17. el polako
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Got 2 FT's and no idea how to use them, feels to me like seeling Sane & Sterling will backfire and already own Rashford & Martial so not keen on triple up with Pogba.

  18. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    How did KDB look today?

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Kinda like Prince Harry...

      1. el polako
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 5 months ago

        Or James Hewitt...

    2. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Ginger

  19. NeverLucky
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling / Alonso out

    Salah / Digne IN

    Thoughts?

    (Waiting to see if Alonso produces after being faithful since GW1.)

  20. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    I don’t think this team good enough going forward. What do you see as priority to replace? I free transfer and .2 m in bank.

    Fabianski
    Digne Van Dijk Kolasinac
    Sterling Sané Richarlison Anderson
    Kane Aubameyang Rashford

    Steele AWB Doherty Gunnarsson

    1. wulfrunian
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      save imo

  21. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Come on Kolasinac. Seriously.

  22. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Keep Richy and Fandy or get Son and Pogba for -4?

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Probably not for -4.

    2. shearer9
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Textbook points chasing.

    3. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Why sell richy. Been very consistent and got great fixtures

      Guaranted starting next gw as well after being rested today

    4. Chucky
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      cheers..keeping both

  23. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    On WC, Salah vs no Salah. Which one to go for?

    Fabianski, Button
    Doherty, Digne, AWB, xxxx, xxxx
    Hazard, Son, Pogba, Richarlison, xxxx
    Kane, Kamara, xxxx

    A) TAA, Kiko, Ings, Salah
    B) Robertson, Luiz, Jimenez, Sane

    1. QueefParkRangers
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      A no brainer

  24. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Emery is a strange one, what with all these early subs in games. IMHO, of course...!

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

      Laca got the assist, so prob tort that was enuf

  25. Lokako
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    % chance of chicarito playing tomorrow? Please thx

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      Is Arnie fit? Probs start the game.

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

      42% and decreasing with each week that Arnie gets closer to fitness

    3. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      50%

  26. Murder On Zidanesfloor
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Jiminez + Hojberg > Kamara + Rich (-4)?

    1. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 5 months ago

      No other way to get Rich for free?

  27. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Thank God I resisted selling Auba and Alonso and buying Martial. 😯

  28. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Lichsteiner has been rubbish. Guendouzi is getting very annoyed at his runs.

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

    Kola and Auba 90 mins confirmed.

  30. Alli 3',17',64�…
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 5 months ago

    Hazard to assist Rudiger with his goal celebrations