Dugout Discussion

Wilson injured and Alexander-Arnold benched for Gameweek 16 opener

Callum Wilson (£7.0m) has been left out of Bournemouth’s starting XI as Liverpool come to the Vitaliy Stadium for the lunch-time kick-off.

The striker has picked up an injury that was not revealed by Eddie Howe in his most recent press conference.

It is a big story for the Fantasy community as Wilson was looked at as a replacement for the recently injured Marko Arnautovic (£7.0m).

Meanwhile, Junior Stanislas (£6.0m) comes in for Wilson and it’s currently unclear whether it’s him or David Brooks (£5.2m) up front alongside Josh King (£6.3m).

Equally, there was Fantasy disappointment in the Liverpool camp with Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.4m) benched. It is currently unclear whether it’s Fabinho (£5.5m) or James Milner (£5.6m) is playing at right-back.

Xherdan Shaqiri (£7.0m) keeps his place in the team and looks to be joining Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.2m) in the front three.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic; Daniels, Ake, S Cook, Francis; Stanislas, Lerma, Surman, Fraser; Brooks; King.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Fabinho, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita; Shaqiri, Mohamed Salah, Firmino

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2,732 Comments Post a Comment
  1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Will FPL update ahead of the first game? Yay or nay?

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

      nope, after last game

    2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      not before christmas according to that tweet

    3. R.C
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      After last game

    4. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wednesday week 🙂

    5. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      The staff had their Christmas Party last night

  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    game currently trying to calculate mark's team so it can decide on who to allocate the most baps and phantom assists to

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

      😮 😛

    2. Guy Demel
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      "matchday centre" on standby to "asses assists"

    3. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      you loco

    4. Typo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Hope he has Laca

  3. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    this is now by 3 mins this years longest update
    previous gw 10 44 mins
    shortest gw8 32 mins

    1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I bet you are fun at parties

    2. R.C
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Damn, you keep note of that? XD

    3. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Is that you Milner?

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        😆

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

      Do you count strokes during sexy time, too?

    5. Guy Demel
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      This needs an article

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

      You have to be joking?

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

        The parties comment haha!

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

      Is there a stat website for that ? XD

    8. Sgt Frank Drebin
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Interesting stat, cheers!

    9. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      You are all just jealous you didn't know this. Thanks Jordan, great content

    10. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      thank you gentlemen just won 50p off my brother ,with one of the greatest trawls ever I said I would get over 8

    11. Jam0sh
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I like your devotion

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

    Who's coming in for Wilson owners? Fraser here

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Patty

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      AWB

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

      Obiang

    4. MTPockets
        5 years, 4 months ago

        gibbs-white...

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

        Me too

      • Thick Of It
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Possibly Laporte, if not Camarasasasasna.

      • Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Alonso

      • Stockport Hatter
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Gunnarsson and if TAA doesn’t come on March!!!

      • Bubz
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Alonso

      • Jam0sh
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Josh Murphy

      • Typo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        ALONSO

    5. L'Aeroplanino
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Spend some money to upgrade that server for god sake....

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

        ...and give out decent prizes.

        Down to 2.5m place, please.

      2. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        did you pay anything for the game?

        1. Typo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Time is money, and Im paying them with a helluvalot of time!

      3. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Do you know how the internet works?

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

        They you charge a minimal amount for a team. Avoids (or try to) teams being added every week hopefully too

    6. King Kohli
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Any chance of Kamara starting?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Yes. 60%

      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        65%

      3. Marvin Moon
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I'm counting on it unfortunately.

      4. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Played great vs Leicester, deserves to again

    7. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Come on update already

      1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        That'll help

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

        Juuuuhhhuuhhuuuhhh

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

      Any other smug Robertson owners want to join me in a round of smug self congratulation on not downgrading?

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Still early

      2. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I never understood it anyway. TAA has nevwr been nailed

        1. jesperdalagersuri
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Getting in TAA for Robbo ment I could get in sterling and Auba (had Kane, Mane and Alonso already). I'm not too bothered about the rest in a fixture where it might be hard to get a clean sheet. My defence this week is doherty, digne and awb. I'll roll with that happily.

      3. Thick Of It
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        You do wonder how many went from him to TAA for a hit, amazing how moves like that can hit overall ranks and mini leagues.

      4. Greenbackbøøg…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sure I don't see how this could backfire on us at all

    9. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Why are people crying over Wilson when Howe said there WILL be rotation?

      Klopp said he has a plan b to rest TAA and people still bought him 😆

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        TAA yes he said I have some idea, but nothing on Wilson

      2. Bullet Eder
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It isn’t rotation, he’s injured. People aren’t crying, it’s just disappointing for owners that the injury wasn’t mentioned in the pre-match press conference.

        1. Ghost Gooner
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          that is enough warning to not buy

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

          Well Ghost Gooner does this help you out?
          Seems pretty well explained or will we get visual aids?
          Injured........................ Rotated
          Small......................... Far Away

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

        I bought TAA on WC. Wildcards is not for one game.

    10. Come on you Kante
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I need a quick cheap def enabler any names currently have bong from Brighton (I know) help

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Chambo

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

        Chambers 4.2

      3. Typo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Schindler 4.3

        1. Come on you Kante
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          Thx how about West Ham enabler? Declan rice

    11. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Aubama who?

      Aubama what?

      Aubama bloodclort yang my F*cking brother

      1. COLLIN QUANER
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        What is a bloodclort?

        1. Taking the Mkhitaryan
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          What he had in his brain as he typed this

      2. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        You okay blud ?

      3. Thick Of It
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Youth is wasted on the young.

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

        looks like you have learned some new words today...

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

        I'd save this for after he is confirmed starting and scores.

      6. @FPLDIARYFPL
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

      7. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        All fine mate?

      8. Taking the Mkhitaryan
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Dont do drugs kids

      9. mad_beer ✅
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Crack is bad. OK?

    12. Hits from the Bong
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Camarasa in for Wilson-ers unite o/

      1. ol3andre
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        +1 !

      2. fc_skrald
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I´m starting him as I have even worse alternatives on my bench 🙂

    13. Jaok
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Wildcarded in trent and wilson.. Hate this game

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Same.

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

        All that thinkering..

      3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Same 😀 Oh well

      4. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        You couldn't have know

    14. Marvin Moon
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Does it really matter if the site updates before the game kicks off? You still get the points.

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

        Confirmed?

      2. It’s gonna Ben Mee
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Need my pre-kickoff ML banter

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

        You wish!!

        1. Marvin Moon
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          You mean you think the points wouldn't count?

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

        Yes but if you can't see them did you really get them?

    15. ILOVEBAPS
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I want my players to score more than yours.

      There... that sums up most of the hopes and fears posted. 🙂

      1. BenDavies
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        controversial statement

    16. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Patience everyone.Wouldnt like to be putting a mainframe together in this wind.

      1. Reedy
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Perhaps the hamster keeps getting blown out of the wheel

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

      Brutal how I thought ah well at least with Wilson out I can fully route for a TAA clean sheet today...

      1. super zlatan
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Who is your first sub ?

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

          Alonso in for Wilson and maybe Gunnarson in for TAA

          1. super zlatan
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 4 months ago

            Alonso for Wilson for me.
            AWB for Trent if he doesn’t feature.

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

              Not too bad

    18. SEXY SOLO SAUCE
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Is it me or is the game taking forever to update?

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

        It's just you

      2. Jam0sh
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        It's taking long

      3. pjomara
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Just you, I'm using a quantum computer and it had updated by 11:31am for me.

    19. g40steve
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      How much more can Auba rise?
      What’s the record over two or three weeks?

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

        A max of three rises per game week.

        1. g40steve
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 4 months ago

          So tonight is a new week correct?

      2. pjomara
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        I think Papiss Cisse went up 0.3 3 weeks in a row in 2012. He scored 12 goals in 12 games including 3 braces in a row

    20. Bruno Bruno!!
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      GAME IS UPDATED

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

      Who did Arnie ~> Wilson?

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

        Raise hand but don't have the strenght to say "I did it" 🙂 Anyway we are on the same boat :S

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

          Oh no, I went Mitro.

    22. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Updated at last!

    23. COLLIN QUANER
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Updated

    24. Garlana
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Funny if it's updating after kick off.

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

        Booo

    25. Numb
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      TAA to come on after 27mins with Pool 1-0 down and get a CS and goal

    26. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Updated...

      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 13 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        🙂

    27. Lumberjack
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      My hopes of getting away with 1 playing sub dashed by 11.30...gotta love this game!

    28. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Thank god

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        For updating

    29. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      The F5 refresh gang can relax now

    30. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Chicharito is coming in for Wilson for me , oh actually no I bought the right one