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Lukaku leads the Man United line as Rashford benched

Romelu Lukaku (£10.8m) has the potential to turn around what has proved to be a rotten Double Gameweek 34 so far, but only for a selection of managers.

The Manchester United striker, owned by just 4.4% overall, has kept his place in the side after disappointment against Barcelona midweek.

With more shots on target than any other player in their last four Premier League matches, he is chasing his 10th goal against West Ham in his 11th match against them in this competition.

His power as a differential option in Double Gameweek 34 has been made stronger by the fact that Marcus Rashford (£7.4m) has been named on the bench in order to keep him fresh for next week’s Champions League second leg.

He is joined among the substitutes by centre-back Victor Lindelöf (£5.0m), Phil Jones (£5.1m) coming in for him.

With Luke Shaw (£5.0m) suspended Marcos Rojo (£4.9m) starts at left-back, with Diogo Dalot (£5.3m) filling in for the banned Ashley Young (£5.7m) on the right.

Former Manchester United forward Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (£6.1m) leads the West Ham attack today with Marko Arnautovic (£6.8m) missing out thanks to an illness.

Man United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Fred, Pogba, Mata, Lingard, Lukaku, Martial

West Ham XI: Fabianski, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Balbuana, Masuaku, Rice, Noble, Lanzini, Anderson, Snodgrass, Hernandez

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

    15 for pogba this season - imagine selling!

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

      juicy top post

  2. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogbaaaaaa

  3. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Well, Ole did say after the last miss that Pogba will score his next peno. Pellegrini looks pissed

  4. dark91
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Best part about this Pogba penalty is that he didn't do that stupid slow run

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      He's growing as a person.

    2. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Mike Phelan probably forced him to change his run up

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

    Got rid of Pogba and Wilson.

    Gotta laugh. Hahaha fecking ha

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Oh that is harsh

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Oh dear

    3. clodhopper
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      And me typical

    4. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      So many people did including me

      1. camarozz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I suppose nxt wk BB is what we are really after.

        This wk has been awful.

  6. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogbaaaaaaa

  7. El Matador
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Will Delu play on Monday? Got Fraser 1st sub.

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

      He apparently has been training so I would say he will start

  8. Pierce34
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I don't often say I hate players, but I hate Pogba. Kept missing them in my team, and gave me a -2 the only time I captained him.

  9. gaurava1216
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    0.3k ITB

    Ryan Duffy Dunk ( Yup) i was one of the idiots to have all 3 🙁

    Best replacement for either for a BB ?

    A) Duffy-----> Kolasinac
    B) Dunk-----> Cathcart or Firmina
    C) Ryan -----> Gunn

    Which to consider?

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

      not kola

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      B and C. Might as well keep Duffy in case he scores. Wouldn’t go ferments as Janmaat will probably play a game

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I am thinking Dunk to Yoshida?

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

    Can we get another, Pogba?

  11. QUEN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I ignored the template and I kept faith in you Pogba.

    Saved my poor game week

  12. InSaneMan-e
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    At least pogba has improved his run up

  13. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    It beginsssssss!! Go with ya gut

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

      pog hatty incoming

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Would be utterly fantastic. Only wish I’d have captained him over Son, but ah well

  14. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Benched Frazer when meant to play him over Wilson and sold Brooks for -4 for Son. Almost bought Moura over Llorente. Pretty bad, eh...!??

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Benched Fraser and played King.
      Feel like slitting my wrists

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Could of very easily been King who hauled today. Impossible to predict. Don't beat yourself up.

  15. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba my joint top scorer this GW...

  16. Ambrosiana Inter
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Prior Kane injury I had Pogba and redmond,then I went for son instead of Pogba and upgraded redmond to martial lol

    1. dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Rich people's problems

  17. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Went with Martial over Pogba. At least I had faith in United assets... tempted to double up with Rashford now he's had his rest for next week.

  18. LǝgleSs e|even
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba with a second karate kick in this match. Did Ibra posses him?

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

      legend. love him

  19. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    They just got beat 5-0. The man is deluded.

    Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "In the end it was about keeping that score down. The fear is - it could have been worse."

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

      hard when you go to 10 men

    2. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Chris Hughton is anything but deluded. The most down to earth and decent man you could wish to meet.

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

        u his dad or somet?

        1. *sigh*
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Newcastle fan and he was manager here for a few years so I’m talking from experience.You?

      2. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        He's an assistant manager at best. Fluked last season.

        1. *sigh*
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Your original point was he is deluded yes? Well I disagree.
          Also he’s done wonders with the team and budget he has. I understand though. With his team losing 0-5 today he’s an easy target for folk who want to announce something somewhere.

  20. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Pogba keepers unite

    1. LǝgleSs e|even
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Crickets

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Me and embolofan at least 😆

    2. FPL_Gyarados
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      o/

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      😀

  21. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I fully appreciate its only half time in terms of Brighton players, but earlier today when my captain Son was benched then came on for a 5 minute cameo and (thankfully) scored an assist, I was expecting the worst given my two closest ML rivals captained Duffy. Thank you Bournemouth!

    1. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Good observation Keown

  22. Zen_Master
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Finally, Pogba rewarding my patience! Get in!

  23. Lucky Z
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    At least I kept Pogba on WC...

  24. Four Hit Wonder
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    28 from 3 (at the moment - Pogba baps).

    Leno, Robbo, TAA, Azpi, Mane, Kun, Laca, Deeney left to play. I might get close to 50 pts!

  25. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Casuals in heaven

  26. Toby Lerone
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Wilson and Fraser out on the wildcard. This stuff always seems to happen. Not much you can do but laugh

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yep, same here. And likely same for majority of top 10k, and most other Wildcarders. Hurts like a bugger but it’s not like I considered keeping

      1. Toby Lerone
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah was never gonna keep them after getting walloped off burnley. Just frustrating

    2. Numb
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Me too. And Pogba

  27. EMBOLOFAN
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    pogivojevic

  28. WVA
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    I had TAA taken off on 59 last weekend and Doherty taken off on 59 this weekend, what are the chances? 2/186 ish?

    If any of you get the chance to go and watch Spurs at their new stadium then do it, awesome day out.

    Players that particularly stood out were Sissoko (another level to the rest of the boys on the pitch), Foyth(really surprised me), Sanchez(won everything) and Moura obviously! Vertongen was good too but lost the ball a few times. Llorente missed so many chances and I love Eriksen buts he's so slow!

    Basically Huddersfield made the whole Spurs team look amazing.

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

      if i want a “day out” at some wine bar/microbrewery retail space i’ll go to the trafford centre

    2. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Stopped reading at Sissoko was another level .Unless you meant where his shots ended up?

    3. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      People are getting subbed between 60th and 85th minute normally, that's a 25 min range, but the chances of someone who's bound to get subbed to get subbed before the 60th min is probably around 5%.

      The chance of a def getting subbed at all is probably around 10%.

      So the chance of two defs getting subbed on 59th min or earlier is 0.05 x 0.05 x 0.1 x 0.1 = 0.000025 = 0.025%.

      1. AndyCook
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Doherty regularly gets subbed, players often get subbed before 60 mins. It’s probably more like 1% they both get subbed before 60

      2. AndyCook
          4 years, 11 months ago

          You are assuming they were guaranteed to be subbed and every minute is as likely as every other. Also if you’re conceding goals who cares if your player is subbed

      3. JustPark
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        If Lingard could put his mind into the game more..

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

          awful player

      4. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        In all honesty, it’s not like I ever considered keeping Fraser and/or Wilson on WC anyway...

        Don’t get me wrong it hurts like a bugger seeing that, but not as much as, for example, a 31pt swing 50:50 decision on FH32 🙂