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Dugout Discussion March 10

Pogba back in attacking midfield as Matic returns

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Paul Pogba (£8.9m) owners will be delighted to see Nemanja Matic (£5.0m) back in the side for Manchester United.

The Serbian international has missed the last three Premier League matches with injury, which forced Pogba to sit deeper than usual.

Matic’s return should allow the Frenchman to play a more advanced role in midfield once again, against an Arsenal defence with just one clean sheet in the last six Gameweeks.

Also of note is the fact that defender Diogo Dalot (£5.3m) has been named in front three once again.

He played there against Crystal Palace and Southampton, lining up on the right of Romelu Lukaku (£10.8m) at the Emirates Stadium today.

Marcus Rashford (£7.6m) also keeps his place although we will have to wait and see whether he plays centrally alongside Lukaku or out on the left flank.

Arsenal manager Unai Emery has named both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.8m) and Alexandre Lacazette (£9.4m) in the starting line-up for the first time since Gameweek 25.

He has also gone with a back-three of Sokratis Papastathopoulos (£5.1m), Laurent Koscielny (£5.4m) and Nacho Monreal (£5.4m) while Sead Kolasinac (£5.0m) and Ainsley Maitland-Niles (£4.4m) occupy the wing-back spots.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Ramsey, Xhaka, Kolasinac; Özil; Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Young, Smalling, Lindelöf; Diogo Dalot, Fred, Matic, Shaw; Pogba; Lukaku, Rashford.

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  1. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else hear one of the commentators cracking a beer open?

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    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Soft drink instead?

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  2. Ajaxeeding
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    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    My Plan is to FH32, WC 34, and BB 35. For my 2 FT for 31, which would you do:

    Some and Jimenez to:
    A) Hazard and Wilson
    B) Higuain and Tielmans/Maddison
    C) Vardy and Tielmans/Maddison

    Fabianski - Steele
    Robertson - Pereira - TAA - Digne -Doherty
    Salah - Son - Pogba - Fraser - Gunnarsson
    Aguero - Arnautovic - Jiménez

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    1. Ajaxeeding
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      5 years, 2 months ago

      I’ll likely do A just so Hazard can troll me

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  3. diesel001
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    5 years, 2 months ago

    If you are playing FH in GW32, then does it make sense to FH straight after the GW31 deadline?

    GW31 players are more likely to fall in price before the GW32 deadline and this could reduce your options if your squad value goes down.

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    1. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

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    2. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Give you more money to spend.

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    3. MTPockets
        5 years, 2 months ago

        May as well if 100% playing it

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

      Arsenal pen.

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    5. TorresMagic™
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Penalty!

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      1. Stay Back
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    6. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Fred has been utter trash this game.

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      1. Fred54
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Only just started watching, sorry for lack of updates.

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    7. Louis Van Gaalstones
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      5 years, 2 months ago

      Fred should have come off first half, bring on Pereira

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      1. g40steve
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        5 years, 2 months ago

        This

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    8. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Auba G (Pen)
      Laca A

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    9. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Aubaaaaaaaa

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    10. Arteta
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      AUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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

      Auba G

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    12. Hybrid.power
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Jaysus. This week is cack

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    13. jtreble
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      5 years, 2 months ago

      Lacazette’s a cheat.

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

      Boom Laca Auba

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    15. tucaoneo
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      5 years, 2 months ago

      Auba outscores Kun for a change.

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    16. diesel001
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      5 years, 2 months ago

      De Gea is rubbish at saving penalties. Bit like Kepa.

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    17. Wolfman180
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      5 years, 2 months ago

      Keeps Auba for weeks, he kills my season. Finally take him out of my team and he starts scoring again

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    18. Party time
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Talk Sht Get Banged! United no Var today

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      • fedolefan
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        AUBBBBAAAAA!!!

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      • DantheManinaPan
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        • 10 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Didn't think people still had Auba...

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      • SM001
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Sold Auba for Gonzo. My shite season continues....

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        1. Bobby Digital
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          Hear hear

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

          Snap but it enabled son to mane

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          1. SM001
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 2 months ago

            Mine enabled me to weep

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      • Top Lad Dakes.
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        5 years, 2 months ago

        Soft soft penalty

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      • Silecro
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        5 years, 2 months ago

        That was some poorly taken pen, but i'll take it,thanks auba

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      • UshFPL
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Auba -> Higuain over Son -> Hazard was a good move then

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      • Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Still glad I sold Auba 2wk ago

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      • Party time
          5 years, 2 months ago

          OGS who?

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        • niko mate
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Very soft penalty.

          And De Gea is terrible at penalties.

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        • tucaoneo
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          5 years, 2 months ago

          Laca stop already!

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        • Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Nice. Just a Martial goal to top off a decent week, please. Pogba assist if ya like 😀

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

          Be honest though United fans, your quite happy to take that soft pen as it comes with the soft pen on wednesday....

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          1. Brosstan
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            5 years, 2 months ago

            Im a United fan and I think that penalty is fine. Laca goes down easily but Fred is at fault for bumping his leg across Laca's upper thigh like that.

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