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Dugout Discussion October 22

Tierney absent as Tavares, Saka and Lacazette start

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Gameweek 9 gets underway in north London this evening as Arsenal play host to Aston Villa.

Kick-off is at 20:00 BST.

Mikel Arteta has made three changes from Gameweek 8, with Alexandre Lacazette (£8.3m), Albert Sambi Lokonga (£4.9m) and Nuno Tavares (£4.3m) replacing Nicolas Pepe (£7.1m), Martin Odegaard (£5.5m) and Kieran Tierney (£4.9m), who misses out due to a bruised ankle.

That means Bukayo Saka (£6.4m) is fit to start despite being taken off injured at half-time on Monday after a heavy challenge.

As for Aston Villa, they are unchanged from their 3-2 defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend.

Matty Cash (£5.1m) has recovered from a dead leg he sustained during that match, while Leon Bailey (£6.4m) makes the bench after missing the last three Gameweeks with a thigh injury.

GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale, Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tavares, Partey, Sambi Lokonga, Smith Rowe, Saka, Aubameyang, Lacazette

Subs: Leno, Odegaard, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Cedric, Pepe, Elneny, Kolasinac, Martinelli

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Konsa, Tuanzebe, Mings, Cash, Luiz, McGinn, Targett, Buendia, Watkins, Ings

Subs: Steer, Sanson, Young, Nakamba, El Ghazi, Hause, Bailey, Archer, Ramsey

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  1. jackruet
    • 2 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal is looking good

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

      Think it's more the Villa defence looking shaky so far

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    2. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      They'll be spent in 5 mins

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      1. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        This

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  2. Cheeky Onion
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    This is looking like the most interesting FPL week of the season thus far. I've been treading water the past couple weeks, but happy to not have lost too much ground with my WC still in tact and minimal hits. Sometimes less really is more.

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    1. Steve The Spud
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      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, I think most who wc last week haven’t really made much ground - they’ve basically got a similar team to everyone else

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      1. Cheeky Onion
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Most of those who WC'ed a couple weeks ago would've brought in Alonso and Lukaku too

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

    It seems Arsenal has remembered how to press

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    1. A. PRISE
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      It's because I sold all my Arsenal players. They have been informed

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  4. ClassiX
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    • 5 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Unless these lads calm down, we may see a RC or two tonight...

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

    Ronaldo is now a big differential in my mini-leagues.

    GOOD. Imagine selling him because of a few dry weeks in the PL yet scoring for fun elsewhere

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    1. Scots Gooner
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Fixtures couldn't be tougher and he's often a flat track bully.

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  6. DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I sold White instead of Tierney.

    15 pointer for White incoming

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    1. Stranger Mings
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I sold semedo instead of tierney ! ☹️

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

    Auba please dont punish me for not buying you, i bought vardy, cause i am a coward sheep

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    1. Cheeky Onion
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Imagine how I feel not owning either Vardy or Auba

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  8. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    50/50 calls go against Arsenal 60% of the time

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    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      CONSPIRACY!

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      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Isn’t that criminals who take over ships?

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  9. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Interesting to see Fabio Borges bring in Jimenez for Lukaku, 6m ITB
    https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/380968/event/9

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    1. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Is it?

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      1. Bartowski
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Why wouldn't it be, isn't he the top rated FPL player in the world?

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        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            2 years, 5 months ago

            It's a pretty standard move though? What's specifically so interesting about it

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            1. JONALDINHO
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              Is it? Vast majority brought in Vardy. Some Kane. Haven’t seen many to cheaper strikers and banking the change

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              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  2 years, 5 months ago

                  Each to their own I guess but to me it's not something that's making me go that is noteworthy, maybe it isn't the exact move everyone else has been doing but it's a decent player that many own with good fixtures still

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              2. Eh, just one more thing ...
                • 12 Years
                2 years, 5 months ago

                Maybe vs the benching rumours.

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              3. Bartowski
                • 13 Years
                2 years, 5 months ago

                Is it standard? Everyone seems to have gone for Vardy while there's been talk of Jimenez being rested in light of the amount of internationals he has coming up.

                Regardless of that he's still the no.1 player at the game that's in the name of this site we're all on, surely any move he does would be of interest, no?

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                1. @persecuted_by_mods
                    2 years, 5 months ago

                    Not for me but each to their own

                    If he'd done Lukaku to Pukki it might be something that could be noteworthy to me

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                    1. Bartowski
                      • 13 Years
                      2 years, 5 months ago

                      Think we're just looking at the game differently. I used to really be into Poker and would like watching how the top players played and reading interviews with them. Any transfer Borges makes is noteworthy because we know he puts a lot of research into his moves and doesn't do anything lightly.

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          • Miguel Sanchez
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Wolves insider has brought in Fabio Silva so perhaps Jimenez will be benched

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          • Bartowski
            • 13 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Enabler for Son next week perhaps.

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          • Eh, just one more thing ...
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            I hope his call is right with the recent benching rumours … surely not two weeks in a row … that would hurt

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        2. ALTOID11
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Who is everyone going to yank next week?

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          1. Differentiator
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Mike Hock

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          2. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Your dad

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          3. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Give me a go, although you might need an extra pair of hands.

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            1. mojoindojo
              • 10 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              Naughty horse

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

              What do you mean?

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              1. Rupert The Horse
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                2 years, 5 months ago

                Zip.

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

                  Ahhhhh. Oh.

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          4. Yank Revolution
            • 12 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Myself?

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        3. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Mings knows what he's doing there

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        4. Mr. O'Connell
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Any reason not to do ESR to Mbeumo right now?

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          1. Differentiator
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Gray area

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            1. Rupert The Horse
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              Pluck em out.

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            2. Mr. O'Connell
              • 11 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              He's useless and all

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              1. Differentiator
                • 8 Years
                2 years, 5 months ago

                so was imhotep

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                1. Mr. O'Connell
                  • 11 Years
                  2 years, 5 months ago

                  A worthy adversary

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          2. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Yes.

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          3. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Yeah, Mbeumo hasn't played yet.

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          4. Miguel Sanchez
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Yes - Mbeumo could get injured on Sunday

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          5. Deulofail
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/comment/24282583

            Any reason not to do ESR to Mbeumo right now?

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            1. Deulofail
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              lol fail

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

          The cool kids brought in Kane over Vardy this week

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          1. mojoindojo
            • 10 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            *Auba

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          2. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            The smart kids got in Vardy.

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            1. Differentiator
              • 8 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              No parties I'm afraid. Daka cool kid to steal the show

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

            Badly need a real-life cheat code where we can change Partey's shooting ability to 20 instead of his default 1 setting

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

          Mings is asking for a red this game

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        7. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Almost Partey time

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        8. OLD Rafiki
          • 3 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          why is white staring at me on the bench?

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          1. Rupert The Horse
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            White privelage.

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          2. Podge
            • 13 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            why are you on the bench ?

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

          Looks like there's a problem with the FPL API's tonight - none of the palyer scores are showing yet

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        10. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Both teams need to concede.

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

          Partey goal

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        12. tiger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Could be Partey time this time

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        13. Rupert The Horse
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Who on earth is Thomas?

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          1. Limbo
            • 13 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Mr Tom Party

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        14. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Partey G

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          1. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Lovely jubbly

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        15. Limbo
          • 13 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          ESR a

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        16. @persecuted_by_mods
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Villa have 0 answers here, need to tweak something

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          • Baps hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Having Saka 2nd and ESR 3rd on the bench is strange ferling...

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            1. Baps hunter
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 6 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              Timing...

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          • AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Back of the Villa net

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

            Partey-party

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          • Differentiator
            • 8 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Partey > Vardy Party

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          • DBW - Slug's Mortgage …
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Gooooaaal Parteyyyyy

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          • tbos83
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            ESR assist?

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