Dugout Discussion

Salah benched as Mane and Robertson miss out altogether

Six Premier League matches take place this evening to bring Gameweek 15 to a swift close, with many Fantasy Premier League captains – and vice-captains, following Sergio Aguero (£11.0m) and Raheem Sterling‘s (£11.5m) no-shows at Watford – set to be in action.

Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Harry Kane (£12.4m) and Eden Hazard (£11.0m) are the second, third and fourth-most popular captaincy options of this midweek round of matches – but just two of these in-demand players start for their respective clubs tonight.

Salah is only among the substitutes for Liverpool tonight as Jurgen Klopp rings the changes at Turf Moor, with injured pair Sadio Mane (£9.8m) and Andrew Robertson (£6.5m) not in the match-day squad and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.3m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) also dropping to the bench.

Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.0m) lines up in a front three with Divock Origi (£5.0m) and Daniel Sturridge (£5.8m).

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.2m), who has experienced price rises in three consecutive days having been transferred in by over 525,000 FPL managers ahead of last night’s deadline, also lines up for Arsenal as the Gunners head to Old Trafford.

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.6m) is named as a substitute for the third match running as Unai Emery perseveres with a 3-4-2-1, while Jose Mourinho has dropped Romelu Lukaku (£10.7m) and Paul Pogba (£7.9m) to the bench as he matches the Gunners with a three-man backline.

Hazard is named in Chelsea’s starting XI along with Marcos Alonso (£7.1m) as the Blues head to Molineux, though there are five changes elsewhere in Maurizio Sarri’s starting XI.

Morgan Gibbs-White (£4.3m) replaces the suspended Ruben Neves (£5.0m) for Wolves, while Ryan Bennett (£4.2m) is recalled to Nuno Espirito Santo’s line-up.

Dele Alli (£8.9m) is among five players dropping out of Mauricio Pochettino’s starting XI for the visit of Southampton, with Kieran Trippier (£6.1m) fit to play at right-back.

Kane and Christian Eriksen (£9.2m) retain their starts after Sunday’s north London derby defeat.

Kelvin Davis has made four changes to the Saints side in what will be his only match in charge, with the south coast club reverting to a flat-back four.

Richarlison (£7.0m) is back on the left wing for Everton as Cenk Tosun (£6.6m) returns up front, with Rafael Benitez going ultra-defensive with a 5-4-1 at Goodison Park.

Jamie Vardy (£8.9m) is absent through injury as Leicester head to Craven Cottage, with Tom Cairney (£4.8m) dropping to the bench for the hosts.

Back to the fixture where we started this round-up, Sean Dyche has made five changes to his Burnley starting XI as James Tarkowski (£4.7m) returns in defence.

Burnley XI: Hart, Bardsley, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Cork, Westwood, Brady, Barnes, Wood.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Matip, Moreno, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Shaqiri, Sturridge, Origi.

Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Zouma, Mina, Digne, Gueye, Gomes, Lookman, Sigurdsson, Richarlison, Tosun.

Newcastle United XI: Dubravka, Yedlin, Fernandez, Schar, Lascelles, Manquillo, Ki, Diame, Atsu, Rondon, Murphy.

Fulham XI: Rico, Christie, Odoi, Mawson, Le Marchand, Kamara, Chambers, Seri, Sessegnon, Vietto, Mitrovic.

Leicester City XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Mendy, Ndidi, Albrighton, Maddison, Diabete, Iheanacho.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Moutinho, Saiss, Vinagre, Gibbs-White, Jota, Jimenez.

Chelsea XI: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Rudiger, Christensen, Alonso, Kante, Fabregas, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Morata, Hazard.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Bailly, Rojo, Smalling, Darmian, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Martial, Rashford.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Bellerin, Sokratis, Holding, Mustafi, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Ramsey, Iwobi, Aubameyang.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Foyth, Rose, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Son, Lucas, Kane.

Southampton XI: McCarthy, Cedric, Yoshida, Stephens, Targett, Hojbjerg, Davis, Redmond, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Gabbiadini.

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7,029 Comments Post a Comment
  1. HD7
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Arnie replacement?

    Chica or bet on Perez, Mitro from 17?

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

      Wilson?

    2. BbBb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mitro now

  2. Alvaro Morata
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Patricio. Begovic.
    Robertson. Alonso. Wan Bissaka. Duffy. Bednarek.
    Salah. Hazard. Richarlison. Fraser. Pereyra.
    Auba. Wilson. Kamara.

    Should I change anything for -4...?

  3. AFC49
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thoughts?

    Patricio
    Doherty, Laporte, Alonso, Digne
    Salah, Sané, Richarlison, Murphy
    Kane, Wilson

    Button, Arnie*, AWB, Højbjerg

    1FT, 1.3 ITB

  4. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Do we think Sané will rise tonight?

    1. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Yes

  5. james 101
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Bottomed...

    A. Mane
    B. D Silva
    C. Eriksen

  6. Newms
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Auba and Felipe

    Or

    Laca and Eriksen?

    1. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      B

    2. Baked baines
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      A

    3. QUEN
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Depends if you have Kane and West Ham attacking covered.

  7. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Arnie, Salah, Hazard to Sterling, Auba, Anderson -4

    Yay or Nay?

    1. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      yay

  8. 420king
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Need to buy TAA tonight in case I'll go with him on my WC.
    Which of these should I get rid off?

    A) Robertson (bought for 6.0)
    B) Alonso (bought for 6.5)
    C) Bennett (bought for 4.0)
    D) Doherty (bought for 4.9 but rising tonight)

    C is the most obvious but there's a chance I'll need two cheap defenders.

    1. Patty
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Either c or d. There’s no way I’d go double wolves defence

      1. 420king
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks.

    2. MTPockets
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Think you just need to decide who you want to keep, as good arguments for all of them.
        A if had to pick one

        1. 420king
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Was hoping I'd have time until Friday to decide but you're right. Thanks.

      • jimmy.floyd
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        A

        1. 420king
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Cheers.

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

      Score check?

      1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        55... waiting for gr

        1. #FPLBhuna
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Dw i got 51..

          🙁

      2. RyanC
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        61.

      3. sully29
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        77(-4)

      4. james 101
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        82

      5. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        jeez... how do i delete my comment looool!!

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

          You can't

      6. Patty
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        75

      7. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        80

      8. bigbudgie
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        9.5 inches

    4. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      been really disciplined with hits this season (1 so far) but it has reached the "fuch it" point

      hazard + mane + vokes (don't ask me how i own this guy coz even i don't know) >>>> sane + gunnarson + kane for -8???

      leaves me with
      fab (ryan)
      robbo, taa, 1b, doherty, (yedlin)
      sterling sane richy (brooks gunnarson)
      kane auba wilson

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yep looks good - Gunnarsson is a great 3rd sub

        I had only taken one hit prior to this week (Mané > Haz back in GW4)

        But on Sunday I also said “Fuch It” and did Kun, Salah, Ings > Kane, Auba, Anderson for a 4 pt hit - worked out ok thankfully, hits can be so dodgy

    5. aapoman
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Is it too much to have two 4.5 midfielders?

      1. sully29
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        In a 4-3-3? I don't think so.

        1. aapoman
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yea I would play that formation most times then. Just thinking is it worth downgrading Salah to get Kane and Laza up top.

          1. sully29
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Yeah it could work. Camarasa is someone I'd be relatively happy to see come off my bench in an emergency.

      2. Pep's Money Laundry
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It depends what else you have in your team but there isn't much value in midfield at sub 6m

      3. _figu
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Not really if they rotate well. I have two 4.0

    6. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Quick question: Kamara over Success for the third-striker-who-stays-rooted-to-the-bench role?

      1. aapoman
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Success most likely going to play more but Kamara is 0.3 cheaper and you gonna bench him anyway most times so I'd day Kamara

      2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        kamara yup.At 4.3 tooo

        1. QUEN
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Price will prob rise too after today

    7. Tshelby
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Getting rid of Salah yes or no?

      1. Bubz
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No

      2. RyanC
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No.

      3. Osman
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No

      4. Lemongrab
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yup. Sick of paltry returns for 13mil

      5. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        One more week.

      6. Volley127
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Next week most likely. For Sterling.

      7. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yep time to say goodbye unfortunately

      8. jdp219
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Did Mo > Raz last week. Even with Sterling not playing, I don't regret it. Frankly, "could" haul v. Bou isn't enough to warrant 13m.

    8. FPL_DON
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Mad to get snoddy in?

      1. QUEN
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        No sensible imo

        1. FPL_DON
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          like him a lot

    9. Patty
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Who is the best premium (6.0+) defender now?

      Alonso is in terrible form, Robertson and Laporte are facing rotation. Spurs defence seems untrustworthy.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Laporte will not be rotated that much. Still Laporte or Robertson I reckon.

      2. Volley127
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Still 32 points in last 6.

      3. Thinkering like a Boss
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        van dijk 🙂

      4. Firmino
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        van Dijk

      5. Football Rambler
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Do you think this is all fair? Objectively? What are Alonso’s scores from his last 5/6 games?

        Are Robbo and Laporte facing rotation more than any other player in the game enough to call it out?

        People love to overreact.

      6. MTPockets
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Alonso's terrible form is 11,6,8,1,6,0

          1. QUEN
            • 5 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Terrible?

        • QUEN
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          VD

      7. Woody01
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        How long is Arnie out for?

        1. Disco Stu
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Does it matter? Dude is more fragile than Samuel L Jackson was in Unbreakable

          1. jdp219
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Oh, snap!
            (literally)

      8. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        A) Kolasinac
        B) Digne
        C) Anyone else around price range?

        1. We Will Klopp you
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Assuming you have Doherty, A

          1. Hazz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Yes & cheers!

        2. FPL_DON
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          a

        3. Lemongrab
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Gonna give Kola a punt.

        4. Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Good food for thought guys. Maybe the Holding situation makes him safer. Who knows!

      9. Catsandhats
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Just did a seriously impulsive -8

        Arnie, hazard, robo > TAA, Kane, Anderson

        Price rising hitting me on all 3 and no other way to get Kane in, was this madness?

        1. Sap
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Sure

        2. Prison Mike
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          I might just pull the trigger on this move

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

            Tonight is the night to do it with all 3 rising, for me anyway...

        3. Riggs
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          I am thinking about Alonso > Luiz and MArtial (injured) > Eriksen

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

            How about just martial > son?

      10. Mortiis
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Hazard, Arnautovic, Fraser, Alonso
        To
        Sterling, Mitrovic, Fanderson, Luiz
        For -8?

        1. ItOnlyTook9Years
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          No

      11. ItOnlyTook9Years
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        VVD has been my buy of the season so far, 7,6,12,5. Magic for a rarely mentioned fpl player

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Yep had the 6,12 and 5 I love it

      12. Emiliano Sala
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Chicharito or lucas perez?

      13. HD7
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Fab
        WanB Robbo Alonso Duffy
        Salah Richa FAnderson Hazard
        Aguero Arnie

        Subs: Button, Kenedy, Success, Digne

        Arnie, Haz, Salah, Duffy to Auba, Camarasa, Sterling, Belerin for -8
        (play 4-3-3)

      14. Lrf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Salah + Martial + Arnie -> Sane + Fraser + Kane -4 ?

      15. Eytexi
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Who is everyone sticking the armband at the weekend and why?

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

          I might gamble on Laca
          Think he'll start and play CF

        2. sully29
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Whichever Arsenal striker I opt for, because their fixture appeals the most and they're in form.

      16. yakirh
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sead Kolasinac 0.8% ownership. WOW

      17. The Mighty Whites
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        1FT, 1.8 ITB:

        Allison, Hamer

        Robertson, Keane, Doherty, Balbuena, AWB

        Hazard, Sane, Alli, Richarlison, Stephens

        Aubameyang, Arnautovic, Murray

        Thinking Arnautovic to Jiminez?

      18. Tmel
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Shaq > Fanderson?

      19. Chenku╰☆╮
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Tripper injury look serious?

      20. Manani
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        A. Laca + Sane

        B.Auba + F-Anderson?
        both (-4)

      21. Maddamotha
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sell Alonso on my wildcard? Bought at 6.8