Dugout Discussion

Starts for Sterling, Aguero and Lacazette but Aubameyang misses out

Two Premier League fixtures take place this evening, bringing Double Gameweek 35 to a close.

Wolverhampton Wanderers host Arsenal in the 19:45 BST kick-off at Molineux before the Manchester derby gets underway at a rain-soaked Old Trafford 15 minutes later.

Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero both start for City but Pep Guardiola has made three changes to the side that beat Spurs on Saturday, with Vincent Kompany, Fernandinho and David Silva replacing John Stones, Phil Foden and the injured Kevin de Bruyne.

Bernardo Silva continues on the right flank with Sterling on the opposite wing, meaning no start for Riyad Mahrez or Leroy Sane.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has wielded the axe after the 4-0 loss at Everton, with Matteo Darmian, Luke Shaw, Ashley Young, Andreas Pereira and Jesse Lingard returning in place of Phil Jones, Diogo Dalot, Nemanja Matic, Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial.

All bar the injured Jones of those five players are among the substitutes.

There is no Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the Arsenal matchday squad, with the Gabonese striker and wing-back Sead Kolasinac among seven players to drop out of Unai Emery’s starting XI.

Arsenal say that Aubameyang misses out this evening having had a “small sinus procedure”, while Kolasinac is among the substitutes.

Shkodran Mustafi, Mohamed Elneny, Carl Jenkinson, Matteo Guendouzi and Konstantinos Mavraponos are the other men to make way as Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Alex Iwobi are recalled to Emery’s line-up.

The Arsenal head coach looks to be reverting to a 4-2-3-1, with Iwobi, Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil supporting Alexandre Lacazette in attack.

Leander Dendoncker for Morgan Gibbs-White is Nuno Espirito Santo’s only change, meaning that Raul Jimenez, Diogo Jota, Matt Doherty and Jonny all get two starts in Double Gameweek 35.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw, Young, Fred, Pereira, Pogba, Lingard, Rashford.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Silva, Bernardo, Sterling, Aguero.

Wolves XI: Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Moutinho, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Koscielny, Monreal, Torreira, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi, Lacazette.

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  1. Teahupo'o
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Looking at transfers for next gw. Which option?

    A) Mane & Firmino
    B) Salah & Perez

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

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

      A

    3. Teahupo'o
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Thank you both.

  2. i am jose mourinho
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Man city will never win a ucl trophy though .

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

      😀

      1. i am jose mourinho
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Change your profile pic now.

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

          Why ?

          1. i am jose mourinho
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Man utd is a shite team.

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

              Lol
              Okay.
              Which team do you support ?

              1. i am jose mourinho
                • 5 Years
                4 years, 11 months ago

                KF NAFTETARI

    2. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Just like Chelsea were never gonna do it in 2012?

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

        Or like Liverpool winning PL.
        Okay wait ....
        😉

  3. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Roy Keane losing it on Sky

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

      hes right

    2. syke63
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      He's one miserable git

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

      Do you blame him? Would he turn over like this United did? He's a serial winner and captain

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

      Everything he's said has been bang on, Darmian is a disgrace to start with

  4. Boss Hogg
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Ings or Llorente?
    For the rest of the season?

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Ings. See my article later this week.

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

      Llorente. Ignore his article next week.

  5. syke63
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Looking to play catchup
    Kun & Erikson to Sterling & Firmino -4 just too silly?

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

      Yes.

    2. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Yes. You could say the other way around.

  6. circusmonkey
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    97 all out, not really opened the gap.

  7. Tufnell-Chimes
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    TC -Kun gw25 57 points
    BB - gw35 - 128 points (-8)
    FH - gw32 - 102 points

    Pretty ropey season overall, but the chips landed ok.

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

      FH- gw32- 110pts
      BB- gw35- 109 - 4 pts
      TC- gw 36 - Mane-????

  8. wotwot
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Who to bench?
    A. Wilson
    B. Jimenez
    C. Jota
    D. Deulofeu

    1. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Would be C for me

    2. Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A

  9. FPL Forward Thinker
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Roy Keane must join Manchester United’s coaching staff and new a weekly ‘behind the wall’ documentary would be TV gold!!!

  10. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    GTG?

    Lloris
    Jonny - Valery - Bednarek
    Salah - Sterling - Mane - Son - Deulofeu
    Firmino - Jimenez

    Gunn - Gray - Kolasinac - Masina

    1. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Not kola over bednarek? Nice team should do well Salah (C) I assume?

      1. pundit of punts
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Arsenal are so bad though.

        Salah captain locked in.

        1. Ask Yourself
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Look what happened last time Bournemouth travelled to the south coast tho x

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

            Wait...what?

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

      aye mate looks pretty solid. only way id improve it would be maybe trent over kolasinac?

    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Nice team
      Great attack. GL 🙂

  11. Calderano FC
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Gary Neville being schooled

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

    🙂 hmmm
    2FT, 0.2 ITB and some tough calls for next week....

    -Eriksen on decent form, playing WHU and great run-in (though possible rest risk)
    -Vardy on form and playing a crappy Arsenal defence at home
    -Pogba, despite doing very little again today, has hud CAR as his last two games after CHE... hard to ditch for that surely

    A) Vardy Eriksen --> fodder Salah(TC)
    B) Eriksen Pogba --> fodder Salah(TC)
    C) Go without Salah, TC either Mane or Son

    Lloris (foster)
    Robertson Laporte Doherty (duffy bednarek)
    Mane Son Eriksen* Pogba* (hojbjerg)
    Aguero Vardy* Jimenez

    🙂 appreciate it, and hope you all did well this week

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

      C- Mane

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

        Cheers. Kinda leaning towards that too, but then where would you spend at least 1FT??

    2. Guru Mediation
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Similar quandary to mine, personally would go for B) Pogba is gone

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

        Yeah that tempts me more than A. Just hard to drop him for the hud game especially i suppose... and eriksen could well play and haul v WHU

    3. tucaoneo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      After the Arsenal horror show(s) I have come to lean towards Vardy staying.

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

        Aye me too. Very unlikely to do A, so really between B and C...

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

      C
      Mane

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

        Leaning that way too mate, just a tad scary going w/o Salah. Are you?

        Also, where would you spend a FT then? Downgrade Foster to cheapie to free funds if nothing else?

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

          Yep
          Lloris is enough till the end of the season.
          I'm not worried about Salah

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

        +1

  13. Boss Hogg
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Going all in with these big 5. Not too fussed about the rest of the team. I reckon these 5 are scoring big this week.

    Aguero
    Sterling
    Salah
    Mane
    Son

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Wish I had all of those.

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

      I've got Aguero Mane Son... could get either Sterling or Salah but not both - which?

  14. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Roy Keane, Graeme Souness, Gary Neville, Joe Hart. Spot the odd one out.

    1. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hart wants to get out of there as soon as possible

      Awkward

      Keane is just laughing at him

    2. Ask Yourself
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Dunno none of them are professional footballers so can rule that out

    3. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hart only one not to come from Utd academy

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

      Hart's the only one not holding back tears after this result.

    5. donkey73
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Hart not managing a team yet

    6. FPL Forward Thinker
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Souness only one to win the First Division (when football was good)

  15. Guru Mediation
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Vardy + Eriksen > Long + Salah (TC) -4?

    Can alternate long with Jota if he drops out of starting xi

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

      Long is due a rest. Plus flagged.

  16. markieffm
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Is everyone going for 3 Liverpool until the end of the season?

    I only have Mane at the moment. Thinking of doing

    Vardy and Periera ----> Firmino and Robertson.....

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

      Yes.
      Selling Vardy ahead of Arsenal could be bad though

      1. markieffm
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Yeah thought that may be a risk but not much more I can do tbh

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

          Cool
          Like Bobby pick & Robbo is best fpl asset imo 🙂

          1. markieffm
            • 13 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Thanks!

    2. Tsssst
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      If you didn't have 3 Liverpool before Xmas, you aren't playing FPL properly

      1. markieffm
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Lol I have had 3 Liverpool pretty much all season but changed it for the doubles...

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

      could be strong moves. I'm wary of losing Vardy tbh...

      1. markieffm
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        I'm the same. It's a tough one ..

  17. MASTER ROSHI
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Really not sure what to do this week...
    Lloris
    Robbo Doherty Laporte
    Salah (TC) Eriksen Son Pogba
    Kun Wilson Jimi
    (Foster Yoshi Bednarek Hojbjerg)

    A) Eriksen, Wilson > Mane, Llorente (-4)
    B) Eriksen, Wilson > Deulo/Moura, Firmino (-4)
    C) Eriksen, Pogba > Mane, Deulo/Moura (-4)
    D) Pogba, Wilson > Deulo, Firmino (-4)
    E) Save FT

    Thanks!

  18. Winners900
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    The rest of the season:

    A) Llorente
    B) DCL
    C) Ings
    D) Long

    Cheers!

    1. The 5% Team
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      C

    2. LarryDuff
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'm baffled D is an option, sorry know that doesn't help

      1. Winners900
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        why been in good form?

    3. MASTER ROSHI
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      A or B for me, feel like Long form recently might affect Ings minutes and DCL

  19. Ask Yourself
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    After falling to outside 20k yesterday, Bilva sterling and LaPorte have kept my dreams of a top 10k finish alive. Love u guys x

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

    A: KDB/Jiminez to Sterling/Long
    or
    B: KDB/Eriksen to Salah/Babel

    Rest of team: Ryan, Foster, VVD, Laporte, Cathcart, Valery, Yoshida, Mane, Son, Jota, Vardy, Aguero, Jiminez

  21. Gandalf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone going Salahless next gameweek?

    Got a midfield of Eriksen Son Sterling Mané (TC) Jota, and getting in Firmino for Jimènez is tempting me..

    1. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I'd rather go pantless next week than Salahless.

    2. The Pesci challenge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      I’m looking at it as I need to do something different

    3. Seaway
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Eriksen and Lacazette to

      A) Salah + Calvert Lewin
      or
      B) Mane + Zaha

      Looking at the stats DCL has a better xG. plus Everton have decent fixtures in the next two. I only need the a 3rd striker for the next two GWs as I have Jota and Deulo as 4th and 5th mids. I currently don't have any Liverpool attacking coverage. Thoughts appreciated.

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

        Whoops didnt mean to post here

  22. Baked baines
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 11 months ago

    Can’t understand how Jota lost his 1 BPS!?

    1. MTPockets
        4 years, 11 months ago

        sokratis scored

      • FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Subbed off then Arsenal goal

      • FPL Forward Thinker
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Be happy he got his clean sheet point

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

      Inside the top 10k again hopefully to stay this time! Next week will be crucial take de bruyne out for Salah and weaken elsewhere or go for mane and keep a strong bench

    3. Niho992
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      105 (-8) and slight green arrows with 200 positions up...

    4. Boss Hogg
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Do you think Llorente starts the next match for Spurs?
      And in gws 37 and 38?

    5. EL tridente
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Who to start?
      A) Leno
      B) Foster

    6. Plymouth
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 11 months ago

      Really considering the triple up Brighton defence this GW, Ryan, Dunk, Duffy. Fancy them to keep a clean sheet at home against Newcastle who are secure from relegation and have Almiron injured. What do you think? Alternatives would be Foster, Cathcart, Valery

      1. MTPockets
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Have to go with your gut. A lot of people were burned selling them/some this week (inc me)

        • FPL Maldini
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Brighton at home?

          What could possibly go wrong...

        • Forever In Our Shadow
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 11 months ago

          Im defo playing Ryan so if you already have triple Brighton then it might just pay off.

      2. i am jose mourinho
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        "He’s our centre-half, he’s our number four.
        "Watch him defend and we watch him score.
        "He can pass the ball, calm as you like.
        "He’s Virgil Van Dijk, he’s Virgil Van Dijk!"

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

          Dude you are not a proper Utd fan

          1. i am jose mourinho
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 11 months ago

            Im a KF NAFTETARI fan

      3. Forever In Our Shadow
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        “Jonty
        king off all living, and is perfect in any way possible, and is hereby better than any other persons inhabiting the earth.“

        I think this sums him up.

        Best wishes and get well soon Joe.

      4. The Pesci challenge
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 11 months ago

        Eriksen & laca to mane & firmino?
        TC - mane?