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Dugout Discussion January 12

Hazard returns to false-nine role ahead of Newcastle meeting

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Eden Hazard (£11.1m) returns to his false-nine role for Chelsea as Newcastle come to Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

That’s because both Pedro (£6.3m) and Willian (£7.3m) come back into the team to operate as the wide-men in Maurizio Sarri’s 4-3-3 system.

The Blues are as usual both in defence and midfield, with eyes on Marcos Alonso (£6.7m), who lost another 100,000+ owners ahead of the Gameweek 22 deadline.

Hazard and company will be targetting a weak Newcastle central midfield with Jonjo Shelvey (£5.3m) and Mohamed Diame (£4.8m) out, and Ki Sung-yeung (£4.7m) away on international duty.

Lining up in that position are the inexperienced Sean Longstaff (£4.5m) and Isaac Hayden (£4.3m).

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, D Luiz, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Jorginho, Kanté; Willian, Hazard, Pedro.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Lejeune, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie; Pérez, Longstaff, Hayden, Atsu; Rondón.

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2,022 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Rather lose Haz or Auba alongside Alonso to fund Salah?

    Will wait til after rest of games are done in case of injuries

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    1. Here's Tom with the We…
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Haz

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    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I don’t own either so may be impartial.

      I’d rather have Hazard than Auba.

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  2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    digne and rich owe me points

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

      This man

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    2. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Digne owes me 17 from Boxing Day.

      Trying to play bloody Ker Plunk with the mrs family while he bangs in his second goal on my bench.

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      1. Fantasy Gold
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        😆

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      2. GREEN IS GOOD
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Ker Plunk now smashed to pieces?

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  3. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Luiz 8 and Haza 5 would be suhweeeeeet from this game

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  4. KneejerkJoe
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Sell Auba or Hazard for Salah?

    Wilson or Jimenez?

    Fraser or Nasri?

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

      Auba Jim fraser

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    2. BIG TONES
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Same decision and its Auba out for me

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  5. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Is Danny Drinkwater still a Chelsea player?

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  6. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Tempted by this move.

    Alonso + Son + Hazard > TAA + Eriksen + Salah -4

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  7. Tcheco
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    WC active hazard out

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  8. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Thoughts on auba and Anderson to Kane and mili ? Thanks 🙂

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

      I have done Anderson>Milivo
      Really hope it works out, Anderosn looked good today but I had to do that move. Relying on Milvo for jsut pens essentially seems ridiculous but they keep getting them. I guess Zaha is just a beast at drawing fouls, so much so that its actually part of Palaces game plan these days and has been for a while. Like if he cant score I think he looks for a foul

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks for reply 🙂

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    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Try Nasri maybe.
      He is Managers boy so will play IMO mate

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      1. Ajax Hamsterdam
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thanks Amey 🙂 he s on my radar too

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

    The average cant be that high really, only Salah captains must be high, The rest of the attackers today arent that highly owned

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    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Liverpool clean sheets
      Fabianski

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    2. TOPCAT1960
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      53 here with 4 to play including 14 bps !, but this should be above the ave i would think

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      1. Garlana
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers

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      2. Hits from the Bong
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Nice. 53 with 3 to play here. Well needed after the misery of last week.

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

      BPS tho. 40+11 here with 4 to play and AWB coming off bench. That'll be a factor too.

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      1. Babit1967
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        55 post baps with 5 to play, can’t complain

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  10. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What to do here with 2FTs?

    Button
    TAA | Digne | Doherty
    Salah | Hazard | Pogba | Richarlison | Camarasa*
    Kane | Aubemayang

    Speroni | Kamara | Bednarek | Peltier

    0ITB.

    Thinking maybe:
    Button to Guaita
    Auba to Aguero

    Thoughts?

    Thanks

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

    Hazard returned. I'm content.

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    1. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Failed the eye test by a mile, don’t let the assist misguide you

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      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Not up against sides who park the bus in the next two.

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    2. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      +1

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  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    You're making this hard, Marcos 🙁

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    1. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      What did he do ?!

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      1. J T
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Nothing..

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    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      He is no longer that man we knew. Let him go

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    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Hopefully Emerson won't be rested next game

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  13. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    What a horrible corner.

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  14. FER FUSCH AKE
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    13 pts from this game. I'll take it and run. OR up to 12K. Onwards and upwards.

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    1. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      18 from Luiz hazardC is ok not great.

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    2. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Where are you seeing the updated OR?

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      1. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        http://www.livefpl.net/rank

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        1. 7shadesofsmoke
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks 🙂

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        2. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Thank you sir for this brilliant site !!

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      2. Indpush
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Suddenly a couple of game weeks ago, I've been unable to open that. I can open the other parts of the site though. Any idea how to get it working for me again? This is what it reads when I try to open:

        Something went wrong 🙁
        This website is hosted by PythonAnywhere, an online hosting environment. Something went wrong while trying to load it; please try again later.

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        1. Ragabolly
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          give me your id and I will look into it. I think if you clear the browser cookies, or try another browser, it should work fine.

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          1. Indpush
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            I'll try clearing and another browser. Thanks so much RAGABOLLY.

            41818

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            1. Ragabolly
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              This id works fine at my browsers, says you went from 1242 to 1254.

              I am pretty sure if you clear your cookies or open a different browser, it should work. Let me know 🙂

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            2. Ragabolly
              • 14 Years
              5 years, 3 months ago

              Try now even in the same browser, I think I fixed it.

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              1. Indpush
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 3 months ago

                It worked in a different browser. I opened it while cleaning up the other one. Both work now.

                Cheers. Thanks a lot for helping out. It's a great site I like to peek at during a game week. 🙂

                Not bad. Six more guys to go; three of which I hope will turn the small red to green. 🙂

                Thanks again.

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                1. Ragabolly
                  • 14 Years
                  5 years, 3 months ago

                  Glad it worked, I think you will easily get a green arrow this week! Thanks for reaching out

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                  1. Indpush
                    • 6 Years
                    5 years, 3 months ago

                    Yes thought of "reaching out" before but kept putting it off. Once I saw the conversation come up relating to it that was enough to try and do something about it. haha

                    Ya that would be great. Luiz and Fabi really saved me vs my Cup opponent. I think I might beat him.

                    "I think I fixed it."
                    Really? What did you do beyond telling me to cleanup my browser?

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  15. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Well this is not turning out as I imagined. Not at all.

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  16. Benditlike
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard & Alonso > Salah (C) & TAA payed off. Yesssss!!!!!!
    🙂

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    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nice work

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    2. J T
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      If the season finished today.

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      1. Here's Tom with the We…
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Ballsy

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      2. Benditlike
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Fair point 😉

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    3. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Just have all 4 🙂

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  17. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    From 10 K to 21 K. Awful GW for me. 5 to go including C Richarlison.

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    1. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Liking Richarlison captain, I thought about it, didn't have the balls

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      1. Niho992
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Thx, but he will probably blank....

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    2. Bucket Man
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      I’m going down to over 500’000. As soon as I take Hazard out for Salah I know what will happen.

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  18. Teomi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Haz and Alonso to Salah Jonny -4?

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  19. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Hazard + Vardy > Salah + Jimenez (-4)

    Yes or No?

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  20. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    well that was lame...thoughts on the below?

    A) pre-GW idea = Quaner & Pereira -> Rashford & Bednarek (keep Haz)
    B) Haz kneejerk idea = Quaner & Hazard -> Rashford & Sane

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  21. aarrgghh
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    nice.Looks I'm on 15 pbs today

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  22. FPL Pillars
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Seems like right now there is a merry go round of transfers. Such a trap to fall into. It’s easy to do, we’ve all been guilty of it.

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  23. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Best mids up to about 5.5?

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    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Nasri ?

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      1. Bury94
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Is he nailed?

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    2. Gringo Kid
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Brooks, Iwobi, Camarasa, Nasri

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

      Brooks, Camarasa, Nasri(watch him first), Schurrle, Delofeu

      Theres quite alot to choose from tbh

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  24. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Start Mitro home to spurs or Holebas home to Burnley?

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    1. Danstoke82
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Holebas

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    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Give it a day 🙂

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    3. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Holebas

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    4. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Holebas

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  25. Danstoke82
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Best 4th midfielder for max £7.0?

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    1. Robson-Canoe
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rich

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      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Lol bar Richarlison?

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    2. Dr. Rog
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      richi

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

      Weird price point to be fair.

      If not rich you need to look higher or just go for some weird fodder.

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      1. Danstoke82
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Well I want a front three of Kane-Aguero-Rash

        Midfield will be Salah Pogba Richarlison 7.0 Puncheon

        To enable that front three I need a 7.0 mid

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    4. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Moura an option for next 2-3

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      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        This

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    5. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fraser

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  26. Robson-Canoe
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Auba + Martial + Alonso > Rashford + Salah + TAA (-4)?
    Should I do it today to catch the Salah rise or wait for the United game tomorrow?

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  27. KJT123
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Alonso + Hazard + Son > TAA + Salah + Eriksen

    -4?

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  28. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    32 from 6 with Sterling(c) Siggy, Rich, Digne & Kane to go.

    Healthy? Or a bag of smashed foreskins?

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  29. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Bye Haz hello Salah at last we meet again i’m Sorry I sold you

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  30. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Son,Hazard to Salah,Moura/Rich with 2FT's?

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