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Dugout Discussion April 10

Salah and Jota start together as Klopp benches Mané against Aston Villa

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Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) and Diogo Jota (£7.0m) start together for Liverpool as they host Aston Villa in Gameweek 31.

The two players contributed to the Reds’ impressive finish against Arsenal in Gameweek 30 and were both inside the top-five most-bought players for the most recent round of action.

Sadio Mané (£11.8m) is the man to make way this afternoon, dropping to the bench for the second time in four Premier League matches.

That means Jota starts on the left-hand side of Liverpool’s front-three, spearheaded by Roberto Firmino (£9.0m).

Curtis Jones (£4.4m) misses out as a precaution which means Georginio Wijnaldum (£5.3m), James Milner (£5.3m) and Fabinho (£5.4m) are the midfield trio today.

Nathaniel Phillips‘ (£4.1m) stock remains high, earning his fifth Premier League start from a possible six alongside Ozan Kabak (£5.0m).

There is also plenty of revived interest in Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.4m) this afternoon.

Having produced 33 points across his last five matches, the Liverpool right-back was purchased by 190,000+ managers ahead of the Gameweek 31, the most new owners for any defender this week.

Meanwhile, Aston Villa are still without Jack Grealish (£7.5m) who recently suffered a setback on his return from a shin injury.

Bertrand Traoré (£5.9m) and Trézéguet (£5.2m) provide the width either side of Ollie Watkins (£6.5m) while Marvelous Nakamba (£4.3m) and Douglas Luiz (£4.8m) both feature in midfield with John McGinn (£5.5m).

Gameweek 31 Line-ups

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, Kabak, N Phillips, Alexander-Arnold; Wijnaldum, Milner, Fabinho; Jota, Firmino, Salah.

Aston Villa XI (4-2-3-1): Martínez; Targett, Mings, Konsa, Cash; D Luiz, Nakamba; Trézéguet, McGinn, B Traoré; Watkins.

Gameweek 31 so far…

Fantasy Premier League managers who swerved from their Leeds assets found their Gameweek 31 win at Manchester City hard to watch.

Stuart Dallas (£5.1m) was the second-most benched player for the latest round of action but bagged a brace at the Etihad Stadium.

To add insult to that decision, Patrick Bamford (£6.6m), the third-most sold Fantasy asset ahead of Gameweek 31, provided the assist for his opener.

From a Manchester City perspective, this match was all about Pep Guardiola once again.

Kevin De Bruyne (£12.0m), Rúben Dias (£6.2m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.2m) were all unused substitutes while Ilkay Gündogan (£6.0m) and Phil Foden (£6.0m) both emerged from the bench for one-point cameos.

Ferran Torres (£6.9m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m) got the only attacking returns of the afternoon.

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  • 3 – Stuart Dallas
  • 2 – Bernardo Silva
  • 1 – Oleksandr Zinchenko
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1,221 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Nanoelektronicar
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Farewell top 10k. 50 points from there. It was 20 at some point.

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    1. schlupptheweek
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      That's still a good score, don't worry about the top 10k accolade and have fun with the game.

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  2. Traction Engine Foot
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Liverpool shot conversion rate at home 0.9%. Inexplicable.

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    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      They are just poor finishers.

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    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      1 goal from 113 shots 😯

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    3. Kane and Ablett
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      They consistently shoot from impossible angles when a team mate is in a better position - must be a big goal bonus

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  3. gooberman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Just dont understand what has happened to Robertson. He used to be such a threat bombing down that left channel creating chances. He just doesn't seem to do it anymore.

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    1. Nanoelektronicar
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Not having VVD behind his back restricts him.

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    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Either tactics tweaked, or the fact Mané has been completely off it affecting him, or more likely both. Also the fact you have no protection with VVD out means you can't have both fullback bombing forward the entire time.

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    3. JONALDINHO
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Has to play deeper and tuck in to the back 4 without Van Dijk, Gomez or Matip. Managed 3 goal involvements in his 5 games with Van Dijk and only 3 in the last 25 games without him

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  4. jason_ni
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    VAR... what is it good for?

    This season, there has been maybe less than 10% where I've felt its been of use when used.

    It takes too long to come a conclusion, the close offsides are a joke, drawing lines from armpits.

    Takes away the emotion from the game in that instant of scoring a goal.

    Said it all along, within 10 years we will be having VAR ad breaks in game.

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    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Has immensely improved the number of correct offside calls being given. I remember many howlers being called out by Hansen and Lawro on MotD after the event. Those have been removed now.

      VAR could be improved on things like penalties and RCs. And it will with time.

      Personally am pro the clock being stopped in football. They should switch to 60 min games with the clock stopped for stoppages (e.g. injuries, subs, ball out of play). Would reduce time wasting (as you can't waste time when the clock is stopped) and allow VAR to operate better.

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      1. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Can agree to disagree.. where there is a clear offside, yes it can be used to make a fast decision.
        They need to introduce a margin of error, as that one today and yesterday, if the play is paused a split second earlier they are "on side". That is my biggest issue, that it human controlled, and the fps is not up to it. Hence a margin of error is needed.

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      2. Steve Chance
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        There's a philosophical gulf between people like you and me. Your vision of what football should be is dystopian to me. Some of the most iconic moments in football have been outside of the laws of the game. Who cares?

        To me it's primarily entertainment. The biggest rush at the match is seeing your team score a goal. VAR kills that.

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  5. pingissimus
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Watkins really is a cracking player imo

    12 goals and counting in a mid ranked side that isn't especially attacking. That's only 3 fewer than Kane in open play and twice as many as Vardy.

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Don't tell FPL Family Lee.

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    2. Volley127
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Could have been a few more too! Some fine offside/VAR calls and a missed pen too

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    3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      18 returns in last 28 gameweeks

      6.0

      West Brom home week after next

      Double gameweek after that

      The lad’s been an absolute star

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  6. Pedram
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Ugh Dallas third on my bench, any chance Shaw doesn't start?

    Have Dias and KDB

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  7. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Well played Martinez, Dallas owners. Going against the grain and being rewarded

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    1. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      I nearly bit

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    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      That's what you get for working late on a Friday and missing the deadline. Respect.

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    3. FPL DONKEY
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      I only have them in my team because I missed the deadline

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  8. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Now just happy to finish higher than my first season rank of 1million

    Dreams of top 100k in absolute ruin

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  9. Wizard of Ozil
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    whoever thinks VAR is a good idea needs there brain removing. completely ludicrous off sides i`ve seen. I remember when a Leeds player was pointing to where he wanted the ball, and his finger point made him off side.?????
    OFFSIDE should be a players feet, not there ear lobe or armpit. Total B*****ks

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    1. fusen
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      so what you're arguing is that the offside law should be changed. That's completely separate to VAR.

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      1. fusen
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Your suggested changed would affect football games that VAR isn't used in, so it isn't VAR you're complaining about.

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        1. JONALDINHO
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 10 days ago

          Var was the problem with that goal. They measured the line from Jota’s forearm when he can’t score with it. That’s VAR’s fault simple as

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          1. diesel001
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 10 days ago

            You are moaning about marginal decisions where the rules are being applied consistently to every team (see Sheff Utd getting screwed by a toe, Wolves, Leeds etc.).

            15 years ago you (or fans) were moaning about howler decisions where they missed offside errors everyone could see on a TV screen.

            VAR has improved offside decision making in the PL.

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            1. Steve Chance
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 10 days ago

              Consistently? Maybe in your imagination. True consistency is impossible at the margins that these decisions are being made.

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            2. Wizard of Ozil
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              3 years, 10 days ago

              SCREW these new rules. they`ve ruined football

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      2. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        No, his point is a player pointing for where he wants the ball would be very unlikely to be called offside by a live linesman.
        It’s too fine margin, of course on occasion a linesman may call it, but unlikely.

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    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      VAR is a good idea. The Premier League's implementation of the technology is horseshyte.

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    3. Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      I thought this was the f’ing rule, what happened to ‘part of the body you can score with’

      Another rule that went up in smoke before being implemented

      Chuck it in the bag with the 6 second rule for keepers and others

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    4. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Rules are the problem not VAR

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    5. ReindeerHotdog
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      VAR = Video Assistant Referee.

      That itself has absolutely no influence on the rules, only to use video technology to analyse footage in line with the current rules.

      The offside rule needs adapting. VAR has no bearing on that.

      You're complaining about something totally different to VAR. This is why I hate it when people ask "Is VAR a good thing?" because the majority of people inclined to say no are actually talking about the rules they dislike rather than what VAR is and what VAR actually does.

      In 2021 I don't know how anyone can be against using video technology to make more accurate decisions within sport especially as it is an absolutely huge industry upon which many, many livelihoods depend.

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      1. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Its not a rule though. Its a human decision as to when the frame is stopped, and we already know the current cameras are not up to it.
        A split second of marginal decisions goes from onside to offside.
        Thats nothing to do with rules.
        Its also a human deciding where the lines are drawn, again a judgment call on the day from the var

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  10. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Martinez on course to break the FPL points record for a goalkeeper in a season

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  11. TAT
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    This is probably close to becoming my worst WC ever.

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  12. Amey
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Talentless Watkins scores vs Liverpool again 😎

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    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Lee the troll supports Liverpool right?

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      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Yes

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    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Love seeing people who slag off others (without merit) getting it handed back!

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      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Love Watkins. Very hardworking player !

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    3. MrZ
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      Another weird thing after Dallas brace. This gw just keep better

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    4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      It’s always a great way to spot an idiot when you see the “Watkins is rubbish lol” shite rolled out 🙂

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      1. Amey
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 10 days ago

        Yup

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  13. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Mo Mo

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  14. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Salah Goal, Robbo Assist

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  15. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Salah G

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  16. _Ninja_
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Moooooo

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  17. Sloane426
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Is the season over yet Fudgy?

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    1. Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      100% over for me

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  18. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Salaaaah

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  19. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Bah

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  20. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    B@lls

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  21. TomSaints
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    We want 3 we want 3.

    Salah hatrick incoming

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  22. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    followed the Mass and captained salah now the M is slowly fading.

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  23. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Yesssss Mooooo

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  24. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Oh dear, oh dear!

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  25. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Yes! Salah C!

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  26. HonestBlatter
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    MOUUUUUUUU

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  27. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Captain goal for anyone still taking FPL seriously.

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  28. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Jota doesn't cover Salah after all

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 10 days ago

      He has for weeks

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  29. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Oh bugger this. Bugger off Salah

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  30. FPL Alaska
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 10 days ago

    Salah! Never doubted you for a moment

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