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Dugout Discussion – Saturday

Coming down off the “excitement” of a double Gameweek, the latest programme of fixtures get off to a rather inauspicious start. The batch of four afternoon kick-offs appear very light on Fantasy interest.

Nonetheless, many will doubtless be monitoring Bournemouth’s visit to the Stadium of Light, with Josh King the undoubted star asset on show. With three goals in his last four Gameweeks and with 11 in his last 13 starts overall, the 6.1 midfielder will be heavily backed for another return against Sunderland. King was brought in by more than 100,000 FPL managers ahead of today’s encounter.

Similary, Southampton’s performance against Hull City will also be of keen interest, with Fantasy managers preparing Saints investment ahead of their double Gameweek 36. Striker Manolo Gabbiadini topped our captain poll and has been acquired by 160,000+ FPL managers heading into today’s transfer deadline.

Elsewhere, Stoke City take on West Ham at the bet365.com, while West Brom host Leicester City, with little on show to pique the interest from a Fantasy perspective.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Gabiadiniiiiiiiiii

    1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Nice work Dingo

      1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers mate

      2. Oven Glover
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        The early Dingo eats the baby

    2. CloudSky
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Brace will do.

      1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Can't be worse than Negredo

      2. Rainer
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Knee or ankle?

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

      Nice work Dingo!!!

  2. ILOVEBAPS
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    C'mon Kingy!!!

  3. FPL Maldini
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Bit worried that JWP won't play 2 games now.

    What a waste

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

      +1.......

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

      That was always a worry.

  4. tm245
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    For the new article:

    More from SmartyPants, the greatest site on earth.

    Top 10k: Nobody with an EO over 100, so you can root for all your players to score well, unless it is ML or a rivalry.

    Lukaku 68.3
    Kane 67.7
    Alli 65.3
    King 56
    Benteke 49.3
    Gabbiadini 48.8
    Hazard 48.4
    Sanchez 40.6
    Zaha 40.5
    Aguero 40.2

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

      Agreed on Smarty Pants.....and agreed nice to see no player with over 100% EO for once....

      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Yep, nice template busting phase right now. Just too many good picks to have them all, but nobody essential. Love it.

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

      Kaku's EO has dropped quite a bit... Sellers to be punished tomorrow....

      1. tm245
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Sold him for Zlatan three weeks ago, Zlatan became Benteke, so far, so good.

  5. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Need a monster haul from JWP to get the GW off to a flyer.......

    1. b✪mber
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      hhehehhehehehh

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

      And that he doesn't get substituted

  6. b✪mber
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    C'mon Tadi(C), make me proud.

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Bold, gl man

      1. b✪mber
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        tnx bro

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

      Koji je najbolji besplatni stream za gledanje

      1. b✪mber
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        neznam, kod mene ide na TV.

    3. Dr. Mantis Toboggan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Reopened on this page and saw this.
      Sorry pal, feel for you

  7. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Gabbi Brace and King Blank please....

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

      Naughty Chucky.....

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

        😉

    2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      *King brace and Gabby Blank 😉

  8. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Joshua King on SS5 🙂

  9. Wild Rover
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Villa fans wearing Rovers shirts 😀

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      In a game where I actually want to lose we'll probably win 6-1.

    2. GreenWindmill
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Booing saves from their own keeper 😆

  10. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Brought in Gabbi on a wildcard but captained Kane. Rival brought in Gabbi for a free transfer and captained him. Heres hoping for a blank so....

    1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Gabbi goal and Kane hatty

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Same here. So confused lol.

      I guess for OR sake both need to do well.

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Not on WC though, we both brought on FTs.

  11. mojoindojo
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Afobeeeeeee!

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

      ban

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Just supporting his player

    2. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Ban?

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

        Just cheering my captain 🙂

  12. Gooner97
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    King of the...

  13. Can’t beat em so&hell…
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    wow.. yosh, stephens, costa, jesus, sane, erikssen, DDG all rising tonight if you wanted them in your WC.. makes me want to activate today...

    1. Licious Lizard
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      What's the downside of activating your WC today?

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Price so important at this stage

  14. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    I just want goals. Last week was meh

  15. Numb
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Surely all these players rising in price tonight won't because WC transfers don't count to NTI.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Shed loads of drops though. Gabbi and Haz rose.

    2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Not everyone on the world is on a WC this week

  16. Boomerang V
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Forza Gabbi!

  17. Oven Glover
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Clattenburg to Saudi Arabia... I ain't saying he's a gold digger but..

  18. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    C'mon King Manolo!

  19. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Gabbi is already on 35% ownership. He should be inside the top three highest owned players by next week...maybe even the top if there's plenty of Lukaku > Gabbi transfers.

    1. Rainer
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Dead teams will keep Kaku top but it'll be a case of having Gabbi just to block rivals.

    2. tm245
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      One goal could mean a triple rise.

    3. Oven Glover
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Liverpool away and Arsenal at home. Puel likes his rotation. No thanks.

      1. Dr Dream
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        It's a big call to make. The downside will be very down.

        1. Oven Glover
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Absolutely. Already have Stephens & Forster so the decision is already made for me with no WC and no desire to triple up on Southampton.

  20. Gooner97
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Donald Love is such a comfortably name

  21. The Butch
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    RMWCT

    Caballero - Pickford
    Alonso - Kompany - Monreal - Stephens - Holgate
    Alli - Hazard - Sanchez - King - albrighton
    Costa - Kane - Gabi

    1. Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Oh go away, we've had enough the last few days. Enjoy the action!

      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Harsh but fair.

      2. The Butch
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        🙁 I just activated it... First time I ask, but fair! Though with all price changes expected tonight, will do most initial transfers tonight

    2. MFC86
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Perfect

  22. Live Lad
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    JWP is not nailed after all. I would now risk Stephens and do double Saint defense. Albrighton is 0.1 cheaper.

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Or getting his rest in now?

  23. Gooner97
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Sunderland still under the tunnel

  24. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Cant wait for Sunderland to be relegated. They've been so bad the last few seasons, barely hanging on

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

      Remind me of Wolves and Wigan when they refused to just die.

      Persistent fungal infections, the lot of them.

  25. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Playing both Stephens and Yoshida... Any chance of a cleanie??

    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yes decent chance

    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Of course

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

        Can you turn round numb?

        1. Numb
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          I'm afraid that would no longer be G rated! 😉

    3. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      I hope not.
      A Bertrand goal though...

  26. Malcolm Tucker for England …
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Sunderland appear to be a bit shite

    1. Gooner97
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Fo'sheare

    2. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Scared of the King...

  27. Rainer
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Grosicki POST

  28. Dušan Citizen
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Cmon Yoshidaaa

  29. Coaly
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Going to TC Hazard in 38, wish me luck

  30. BALOOO
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    King (C) come on wheres the hattrick