Dugout Discussion
22 August 2021 1517 comments
avfc82 avfc82
Share:

Two Premier League matches kick off at 2pm BST today – Southampton v Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes two changes from the team that comfortably beat Leeds United in Gameweek 1, as Nemanja Matic (£4.5m) and Anthony Martial (£7.9m) replace Scott McTominay (£5.5m) and Daniel James (£6.0m) in the starting XI.

New signings Raphael Varane (£5.5m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.4m) are both named on the bench.

Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton will be looking to bounce back from their opening-day loss at Everton, though they are without a win in 10 home league matches against The Red Devils.

New signing Adam Armstrong (£6.0m) leads the line, while £4.0m defender Tino Livramento gets another start at right-back ahead of Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m), who again has to settle for a place on the bench.

At Tottenham Hotspur, Nuno names an unchanged starting XI with Harry Kane (£12.4m) on the bench. That means another out-of-position start for Son Heung-min (£10.0m).

Of all the current Premier League sides that the South Korean international has played against, Wolves are the only team he hasn’t scored against. Could that be about to change?

Meanwhile, Bruno Lage takes charge of his first Wolves home game and makes just one change to his starting XI, with Nelson Semedo (£5.0m) replacing Ki-Jana Hoever (£4.0m).

GAMEWEEK 2 LINE-UPS

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Livramento, Stephens, Salisu, Perraud, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Walcott, Djenepo, Adams, A Armstrong

Subs: Forster, Bednarek, Walker-Peters, Valery, Diallo, Elyounoussi, Tella, Redmond, Long

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Martial, Fernandes, Pogba, Greenwood

Subs: Heaton, Dalot, Varane, James, Lingard, Mata, McTominay, van de Beek, Sancho

Wolves XI: Sa, Kilman, Coady, Saiss, Semedo, Moutinho, Neves, Marcal, Trincao, Traore, Jimenez

Subs: Ruddy, Hoever, Ait-Nouri, Silva, Gibbs-White, Dendoncker, Cundle, Marques, Campbell

Spurs XI: Lloris, Tanganga, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Alli, Moura, Bergwijn, Son

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Davies, Sessegnon, Winks, Lo Celso, Gil, Kane, Scarlett

  1. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    United love conceding away from home

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

      And at home 😉

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

    Congrats Salah captainers, you've outfoxed us Bruno captainers.
    You get the last laugh.

    1. TheBiffas
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      As a Salah capper, I know it would be unwise to start celebrating now. A lot can happen in 45 mins, calm down

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

    Kane needs to come on here to keep the ball up for counter attacks.

  4. Lovren an elevator
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    How's that Trincao looking?

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

      Looks bright, very good on the ball, hasn't really effected the game as much as you'd like though.

    2. Get up ya bum
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Classy, inventive, passive

  5. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Southampton switch to 5 at the back Theo off for bednarek, or livramento is RW :O

    • RogDog_jimmy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Livramento up to right wing.
      Very happy he’s my 4.0 - looks rad.

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pen?

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

        Nah

    • TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pogba wagon pulling up??

      1. Pino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Probably

      2. Fish up a tree
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Wheels have come off it

    • 3 A
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ma sial still play?

    • DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Greenwood’s got 15 minutes.

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

        Why on earth would Ole take him off?

        1. Egg noodle
          • 16 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          There's this guy called Sancho

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

            If Ole has half a brain cell he'll take off the ineffective Martial and put Greenwood up top

    • Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I want to see Sancho...

    • Shark Team
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Bruno is the most crying player on the pitch definitely!

    • Pino
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pogba is uniteds most dangerous player

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Pogba wagon stuck in the station

      NO REFUNDS

      1. Fish up a tree
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        To all the Pogba owners strap your knees together to prevent serious jerk disorder

      2. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Pogba wagon has maintenance and back running on schedule

    • TheTinman
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Thats absolutely desperate from Utd asking for a pen from that hahahaha

    • BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Shaw looks overweight

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

        That you Jose?

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

        He always does. He has a strange body comp

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

          At a certain point that's no longer an excuse. He can't be carrying that much weight as a footballer.

          1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Big bones

      3. Siva Mohan
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        *Mourinho smiles

      4. JBG
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Are you in the Saints fans stands? Feel like I heard you singing it while typing this

    • Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Tommy Soucek gonna bag a hatty against Southampton in GW4 😆

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        It will be worse for Southampton when Burnley play them!

        1. Duke Silver ☑
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          True. 😀

          Like the look of Cresswell could be a nice little pick for the next few.

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

      Spurs third kit inspired by your local bus companys seats from 2002.

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

        It’s horrific…

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Get Martial off ASAP!

    • Egg noodle
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      These scores are making me horny

      1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Um

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

      Wtf is djenepo doing 😆

      Fred absolutely dominating him, justified YC

    • Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Every time I cap Bruno it's a fail

      1. JBG
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Let us know next time you do.

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

          Never again!

      2. Egg noodle
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        They should just ban this entire concept of captaining

        1. Siva Mohan
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          or make 1.5x the VC score 😀

      3. Chalobah's Witness
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        It's 90 minutes not 50

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

      Livramento even shooting now

      He’s a go for 4.0

      1. Lingard’s Shin Guards
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Sent it into row z

        1. Siva Mohan
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          time wasting tactics

      2. BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Greenwood! Best value United pick by a mile

      3. Baps Hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        He looks good. But he plays for Southampton.

      4. Bielsa's Bucket
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yep. 4.0 and playing. All I need.
        Looks like a simple transfer Tsimikas escape route

    • _Ninja_
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Greenwood goal

    • 3 A
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Goal...

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

      Greenwood essential

    • g40steve
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Greenwood G

    • Khark
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Right now with triple united i'd take a Martial goal with fred assist, anything to derail this livramento train before i wildcard.

      1. Khark
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        None Pogba owner, that'll do.

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

      Pogba A
      Greenwood G

      Simple as that