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Dugout Discussion December 26

Chelsea trip to Watford largely unaffected by festive rotation

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The final game of a bumper Boxing Day Fantasy Premier League schedule is largely unaffected by Christmas rotation.

There had been fears that Marcos Alonso (£6.9m) might lose his place as Chelsea travel to Watford but he has been named in the starting line-up.

In fact, Blues manager Maurizio Sarri has made no changes from the side that lost 1-0 to Leicester just days previously, keeping faith with his key men.

It means another stint on the bench for Olivier Giroud (£7.7m) with Eden Hazard (£11.0m) leading the line as false-nine once again, flanked by Willian (£7.3m) and Pedro (£6.3m).

Even the midfield trio of Jorginho (£4.8m), N’Golo Kanté (£4.9m) and Matteo Kovacic (£5.8m) was left undisturbed by Sarri, despite a few options for rotation.

Meanwhile, Javi Gracia has kept faith in the front two who punished West Ham in Gameweek 18, Troy Deeney (£5.8m) and Gerard Deulofeu (£5.4m) leading a Watford side lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.

Watford XI (4-4-2): Foster; Holebas, Kabasele, Cathcart, Kiko Femenia; Pereyra, Capoue, Doucouré, Sema; Deeney, Deulofeu.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Alonso, Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilicueta; Kovacic, Kanté, Jorginho; Pedro, Willian; Hazard.

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

    Keep or sell Sterling? dropping in price tonight it seems too

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    1. Jolly Good
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Thinking of selling one of Sané or sterling for Pogba

      Sané more nailed you reckon now that Delph is out?

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  2. Valar(Keith)
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Life's been tough since I used my WC a few weeks ago to get Salah and hazard out

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    1. sminkypinky
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Same but with Salah and Son.

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

    bottomed, next GW team:

    ryan

    laporte digne rudiger

    salah pereya Fanderson sterling

    kamara aub rashford

    bench: hamer, fraser, tomkins, stank

    keep the same team or try to transfer sterling/laporte out?

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  4. Ian Davis
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Worth a -4?

    Sterling > Son

    Torreira > 7.7 (maybe Martial)

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

      Yes

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  5. Sam (Team Sam)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Went for a defence of Doherty, Alonso, Kolasinac this week, with Digne first sub.

    Absolutely gutted.

    Any chance Felipe Anderson is rested tomorrow?

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

      Not likely.

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    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Unless injured he’ll play, hard luck.

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      1. Sam (Team Sam)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Sad times

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  6. Viper
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling & Alonso - > Salah & Digne. No hit.

    Yay/Nay?

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    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      I like it

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

      Thinking the same mate

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    3. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      Seems very kneejerk 2bh

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

      Doing it for a -4. No Salah has absolutey destroyed my rank and league leads in the past few weeks. No more.

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  7. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    This @cfc_wale keeps predicting Alonso being dropped. Better luck next time.

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  8. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    It’s hard to resist early transfers with this tsunami of price changes coming up

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

      I wouldn't even know where to begin and what to do.

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

      Just ask new Martial owners if its worth missing out on 0.1m.

      We'll have pressers for this weekends games too.

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      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        Pogba doesn’t do food poisoning 😉

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

    Sane and Snodgrass out // Pogba and Lingard in (free)

    Good move?

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

    My uncle works for sky. He told me he got a call from son to say he's not scoring any more goals. Don't buy.

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  11. arndff_
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    I'm on a WC. Do these moves worth it?

    (1) Kola > Digne
    (2) Selling Auba so I can afford Hazard

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

      Yes

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

        🙂

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    2. Tosa86
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      good 😉

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  12. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Schindler sane -4 to taa son ? Y or N

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

    I can either do:

    A) Luiz + Anderson > TAA + Pogba

    B) Alonso + Sterling > TAA + Salah

    C) Alonso + Anderson > VVD + Anderson

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

      C with Son?

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  14. ZTF
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling & Ederson to Salah & Lloris -4?

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

      No

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

        Why

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

          -4
          Lloris

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

            Whats wrong with Lloris

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    2. Tosa86
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      good for me 😉

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  15. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    really got burned by alonso....... ouch

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

      ?

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

      sold for Lovren so he has a lot to match

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      1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 4 months ago

        sold for tripps....

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  16. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Wilson or Chicharito to Rashford for - 4?

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  17. Tosa86
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    My FPL team:

    Fabianski
    VVD - Alonso - WanBissaka
    Salah - fraser - richarlison - sanè
    wings - auba - rashford

    Hennessy - laporte - doherty - billing.

    FT:1
    ItB: 1.9

    Next GW, any suggestion on team or transfer?
    sane, auba --> pogba, kane (-4)?

    current team of my opponent:

    Ederson - Hart
    Azpilicueta - Alonso - Walker - WanBissaka - TAA
    richarlison - lingard -F anderson - pereyra - neves
    kane - mitrovic - rashford

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    1. Sam (Team Sam)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      At this stage of the season, don't worry about what your opponent has.

      Just buy the players you think will score most.

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  18. Jones Kusi
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Fabianski Button

    Robertson Laporte Kolasinac Doherty AWB
    Sane Sterling Hazard F.Anderson Camarasa
    Ings Kane Jimenez
    2 FT 0.2 ITB

    So, I have a real struggle here. My ML leader is increasing the gap between us more and more after every gw and I am starting to lose hope. What would you do?

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

      get rid of a city mid for a united mid asap boi

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

        kneejerk

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

    What is the rank predictor website?

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

      LiveFPL.net

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

        Cheers

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  20. ZTF
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Best keeper for 5.5m right now?

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  21. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Ken Sema, who got da keys to me Beamer?

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  22. Atimis
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling Balbuena to Pogba Digne??

    Fabianski
    Alonso/Robbo/Doherty
    Sterling/Hazard/Son/Martial/FAnderson
    Auba/Jimenez

    Hart/WB/Kamara/Balbuena

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

      Sterling & Alonso > Salah & Digne?

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

        That is the move I made before this GW. Definitely seems worth it but Alonso still in play so not sure of net gain yet

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  23. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Doherty to Digne?

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

      Yes

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

        Doherty has the most goal attempts in the Box for defenders though.

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

          Only an idiot would sell him so.

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    2. 2hotty
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 4 months ago

      tough one that I've got both and benched the wrong 1 today but going forward i think id want digne

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  24. 2hotty
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Thinking of doing sterling and camarasa to pogba and siggy for a -4
    any thoughts??????

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

    Should've been braver and wildcarded before today to get in Son et al. Anyway...

    Fabianski (Hamer)
    Alonso, Robertson, Digne (Doherty, AWB)
    Hazard, Sterling, Richarlison, Fraser, Snodgrass
    Kane, Rashford, Jiminez

    Would you wildcard to do these transfers?

    Hamer > Button
    AWB > Bednarek
    Sterling > Son
    Fraser > Camarasa
    Rashford > Aubameyang

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

    Need a big night from Doucouré!

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  27. sminkypinky
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Haz captain, Let's gooo!

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  28. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Sarri looking happy

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  29. FPL Puppy
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Earlier today I switched Digne to 1st bench for Doherty. Alonso’s blocking auto-sub.

    At the moment, 22p. I wanna die.

    Oh, and Hazard (C), that will probably crash as well.

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  30. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 4 months ago

    Please Alonso for once live up to your price tag

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