Dugout Discussion

Arnautovic on the bench again for West Ham

Marko Arnautovic (£6.8m) has been named on the bench again for West Ham.

Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (£6.1m) leads the line against Newcastle in the Saturday evening kick-off.

That means Arnautovic has started just once in the last six Gameweeks.

Manuel Lanzini (£6.4m) continues his comeback as he earns his first start in 293 days after a bad injury.

He looks to be operating in the middle of a three-man attacking midfield, flanked by Felipe Anderson (£7.2m) and Robert Snodgrass (£5.0m).

Fabian Balbuena (£4.2m) is still not fit enough for the matchday squad, which means Angelo Ogbonna (£4.2m) and Issa Diop (£4.3m).

The main Fantasy interest in the Newcastle side will be focussed around Salomón Rondón (£5.9m), owned by 8.1%.

He starts up front in the 5-4-1 formation favoured by Rafa Benitez with Miguel Almirón (£6.0m) and Ayoze Perez (£6.1m) providing the width.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Diop, Ogbonna, Fredericks; Rice, Noble; Anderson, Lanzini, Snodgrass; Chicharito.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka; Manquillo, Lascelles, Lejeune, Schär, Ritchie; Ayoze Pérez, Hayden, Longstaff, Almirón; Rondón

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

    Rondon abd Fanny hatties to save my season....

    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Lol

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        MN I think you are having interesting and solid season. You need great use of chips and you'll do great

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

          Cheers Danny..

          1. FPL Daniel
            • 14 Years
            5 years, 3 months ago

            Cheers

    2. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Fanny must watch out for Longstaff

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

        Longstaff will go straight for the 2 baps.

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

      Same! It's bad when you're relying on those two to deliver…

  2. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Come on Dubravka. Time to shine.

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Mr Sheen?

  3. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Fuming

    1. Peter Ouch
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Told you about city mate, unlucky

  4. Tev
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Just lost 9-3 in Sunday league before finding out Auba missed a peno against Lloris, my main rival’s keeper.

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

      But it's Saturday 🙂

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

        Good point 🙂
        Even so, the shocking standard of footie makes me refer to it as Sunday league, feels more right

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

    Relying on Fabs and Fanny to do the business for me today.

    3-0 to WHU, Fanny haul.

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

      This 🙂

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

    Guys what happened to Jota ??

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

      Went off injured just after the restart, Doherty came on in his place.

      Didn't look serious

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

        Thank you mate 🙂

  7. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Laca's 4 points looking brilliant now!!

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

      Having Auba over Laca hasn't worked out well. Having Auba over Kun even less so…

  8. jtreble
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Who is next in line on ManU pens after Pogba?

    1. Dreaming of glory
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Still him

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

        Sure. :).

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

    Doesn't Sterling always score against Bournemouth though?

    1. money face bandwagon
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Such stats is meaningless

    2. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Aguero a rotation risk now?

      1. dunas_dog
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Yes

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

        Dropped, surely?

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

        One week to recover. But Jesus fit so maybe playing just 60minutes. They still cant drop any points

  10. Tomas Brolin ate all Depays
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Son and Doherty to Mane and TAA with my 2 x FT ?

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

      Sounds nice mate.

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Absolutely

  11. Tev
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Penalty misses are so f*cking sickening. The fact you knew they were on pens, and that’s half the reason you own them...

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

      Have two of them this GW. Season over.

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

        So sorry mate. I’ve had a ridiculous amount this season, including two who did it off the bench for a -1.

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

          It's been a difficult season for sure!

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

      He should have given it to Lukaku.

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

        Yep absolutely.

      2. tisza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Exactly. Play for the team

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

        Definitely

  12. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    0-0 would be delightful

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

      Fabianski CS? 😮

  13. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    Pogba and Bennett to TAA and Brooks/Fraser (-4) looking most likely for me.

    Don’t have much value tied up in Pogba as I sold him then brought him back.

  14. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    I'm on 3 from 4 inc (C)

    Doh 1
    Son 2
    Pogba (c) -2
    Kun 2
    AWB second on bench !

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

      Gutting, but a long long way to go. 7 left, the average remaining is about 5.

  15. drughi
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 3 months ago

    which option

    A. Aguero and Rashford > Vardy and Higuain
    B. Sterling and Rashford > Mane and Vardy

    1. MTPockets
        5 years, 3 months ago

        b

    2. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The last 3 weeks

      8 starters
      8 starters
      9 starters

      1. DGW blindness is for Kinnea…
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        Cholesterol level must be through the roof

        1. Syd.
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          Green salads

      2. Peter Ouch
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        How come

        1. Syd.
          • 15 Years
          5 years, 3 months ago

          I’m crap at this game

    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Weird to see Ederson sitting only 10 points behind Allison at the top of the GK rankings...

      He’s definitely got his CS mojo back of late

      1. Syd.
        • 15 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        It’s easy to get a clean sheet when the opposition don’t leave their half

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

        Yes. He’s been streaky. In both ways. Banks of cleans, then 2s then cleans again

    4. Squires FC
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Auba & pog c. This game man. Season is falling apart.

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

        Would give you sympathy if you weren’t a Plymouth fan 😉

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

          Seriously though unlucky buddy, that’s ridiculous misfortune

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

      Any Auba and Pogba owners?

    6. I Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The hit for Sterling worked out even though he blanked. Son blanked as well and I would've captained Pogba.

    7. Shultan
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Rank plummeting due to captain fails week after week
      GW24 salah 2
      GW25 sane 1 (VC kun 19)
      GW26 salah 8 (VC kun 17)
      GW27 son 2
      GW28 salah 3
      GW29 pog -1

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

        Most in here have had this issue.

        Repeated captain blanks really does sap the fun out of the game

    8. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Come on Anders, a 15-pointers too much to ask for?

    9. nobwak
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Who captained Pogba?

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

        Casuals!

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

          Don't think that number 1 in the overall rankings is a casual !!

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

      Come on Fabs join the club and save a pen.

    11. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Apologies for utterly ruining Pogba lads

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

      Wait, didn’t Rashford assist Lukaku?

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

      Just got in and have seen none the action.

      My 4th captain fail of the season with Sterling. Sorry for those I advised. But at least it wasn’t Pogba

      Barnes and Jimi legends I guess

      Valery benched

      Green as it stands

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

        What’s the average played ?

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

          34 from 8 and captain done. Dunno how to feel

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

            26 from 4 - my week is all down to tomorrow so dont know how to feel either haha.

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

        No need to apologise people make their own choices 🙂

      3. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 3 months ago

        If you’ve Jimi and Barnes you’re doing well as not many high owned players scored. I had Jimi and also CS from Wolves and City with C still to play. Moved up a few hundred places so far

    14. Union_Jacks
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      Pogba (C), Rashford, Wan-Bissaka... what a painful ending to the matches!

      Anyone else similar?

    15. how now brown cow
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 3 months ago

      The thing is I picked pogba purely because he was on pens, and he got one.

      Does that make him a poor captain choice by me?

      Or is he just a bit of a bell end?

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

        The bell end one 🙂

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

      7 (-4) - not the best start to the gameweek! Banking on Salah (C) tommorow.