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. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Matip rising tonight?

    1. The Dead Parrots
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      93.5% on FPL Stats suggests not.

    2. Kanga roo
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      no

    3. Buck The Trent
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Not yours

  2. KINGS
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Repost

    Already having Duffy. Will you start with Ryan or Foster?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Pretend you don't have Duffy.

  3. michudagawd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    What to do with this lot?

    Lloris
    Doherty Laporte Robbo
    Deulofeu JWP Son Mané
    Vardy Aguero Jimenez

    Foster - KDB* Valery Masina

    1 FT, 0.4 itb

    Cheers.

    1. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Kdb and vardy to Salah and anyone

      1. michudagawd
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Mitro maybe?

        1. michudagawd
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Scratch that, don't even have enough for Mitro.

  4. Royal5
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    On a scale from 1-10 how important do you think it is to have at least one of Mane/Salah next GW?

    1. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      9

    2. The Dead Parrots
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      7.5

    3. Krafty Werks
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      11

    4. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks all. Need to sacrafice one of Sterling/Eriksen/Aguero to get one one of them.

  5. mitro
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Don’t like posting my whole team on here, but struggling to think of my next move.

    Foster Lloris
    Robbo Duffy Doc Valery Mariapppa
    Son Eriksen Mane Raz Hojb
    Aguero Jim Gray

    0 itb, 1ft

    Any suggestions? Thanks

    1. michudagawd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Gray looks like your only dodgy pick there but not many alternatives in his price range. Maybe think about saving the transfer. Can you have a look at my team above please?

  6. Edge
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Transfer out for Mane and TC him (can’t afford Salah) –

    A) Son
    B) Eriksen

    Fancy Eriksen but league rival has Son so keeing Son could be safer?

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Son -should- at least definitely play next match.

      Although TBH he looked gassed at times vs. BHA.

    2. Victor6359
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I’m in the exact same position. Think I might ship Son, only thing that’s putting me off is his great stats against West Ham. Do you normally go by that or more on current form/fixtures?

  7. KINGS
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    From the comments here, most folks will bench Gray over Southampton and Wolves attackers this GW. What’s the concern on Gray? He just had a decent game and will be up against Wolves at home.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Visit the Watford fan forums - they're already quite fed up of the Gray/Deulofeu partnership up top. They actually want Success to start.

      Over Gray or Deulofeu however? Not sure. They're both better as subs. Gray at least has this week's goal on his side.

  8. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Easy one?

    Lukaku, KDB to Salah (TC), Rash?

    1. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Yes

    2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe Salah and Zaha?

  9. Niho992
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Best in the world for this GW was 6,100,409 in GW 34(used wildcard and had 26 points ) and he is in top 10 K overall

    1. che
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Every dog has its day

  10. jia you
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Woke up to 46 points (54-8) all out with the average being 67...rough as a bag of badgers this GW was in the end!

  11. Viper
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Can't imagine Klopp is overly impressed with Salah jetting off to NYC two days before a massive PL game.

    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      source?

    2. IRBOX ⚽
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      He had permission to attend a Times function. Next

      1. Viper
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        I'm sure Klopp wasn't impressed though. His priorities should be elsewhere, unless of course he is been given the full week off

    3. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      I'm sure they haven't spoken about it at all /s

    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Is he back?

      1. Viper
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Checked out this evening apparently

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Cheers

      2. Ziyech on the Bench
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Could really see him start on the bench now - that is a long flight and not much time to recover

        1. walkman666
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          No big deal. Take the red eye. Sleep in luxurious first class. Met at airport in a car. Take a nap late morning, get up, stretch and play. Teams in USA often fly east coast to west coast and play games the day after the flight on a few hours rest. Flight time is almost the same duration.

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Isn't east to west like 6 hours?

            1. walkman666
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              About that. Wait, the game isn’t even tomorrow. It’s Friday. Plenty of time to recover, he’s a pro athlete aged 26, not some old fart like me. This is not an issue as far as I would see. I don’t know...

    5. Weasel Boy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Starts on bench and refreshed for Barcelona.

      Oh no

  12. chasedreamz
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Salah + Zaha for minus 4
    or
    Stick with Aguero + Eriksen ?

    I need to catch up 24 points over next 3 weeks to win my league. Please advise and help.

  13. ZAWAd25
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Lloris
    TAA Laporte Duffy
    Mane Son Moura KDB
    Kun Rash Jimenez
    (Foster JWP Bennet Valery)

    KDB and Rash to Bilva and Firmino(TC) ? (can't afford salah)

    Cheers!

    1. Ziyech on the Bench
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      sounds good to me if you got 2 FT

  14. Ziyech on the Bench
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Hey lads g2g? 0 FT, 0.3 ITB

    Allison / Foster

    TAA, Duffy, WB / Bednarek, Jonny

    Mane(C), Sterling, Son(vc), Deulofeu, Pogba

    Jimenez, Auba* / King

    Cheers! 🙂

  15. che
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    +57K green arrow. Patience paid off in the end

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 1 month ago

      Halve your rank?

      1. che
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Not quite. Still got TC to play, so top 50K is all I can get to really. Concentrating on cash MLs now

  16. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 1 month ago

    Guilty of overthinking the TC I think by considering City in 37. When you look at the stats it clearly HAS to be a Liverpool player this week given how poor Huddersfield are. Can’t afford Salah so Mane it is.

    1. Jay_
        5 years, 1 month ago

        But then you have to factor Liverpool having CL, albeit 5 days later. City players safer, minutes wise and can demolish anyone at home.

        1. yer old da
          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          But it’s 5 days later! Won’t be an issue.

          1. Jay_
              5 years, 1 month ago

              I dunno. 2 or 3 up after 60 and no need to keep the big guns on.

      • TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        • 14 Years
        5 years, 1 month ago

        Back to close to GW1 rank. 🙂

        1. Chucky
          • 10 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Great comeback.... 6 points ahead of me now 🙁 but still 24 points behind top 10k..

          1. TorresMagic™
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            • 14 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            If only those 7 terrible GWs didn't happen.
            Top 10K is a still a tough goal.

            1. Chucky
              • 10 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Easily doable with TC left.. would go down to the wire....

        2. Tsparkes10
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          Crazy score and v nice rank. I was down to 50k before 90 mins in the games yday and my Rival laughed at me as he'd gone back 35 ahead.

          Finished on 89 with a - 8 so small red to 38k but only 5 behind Rival with TC next week. Very happy 🙂 especially with United probs up on Sat

        3. Fasya
          • 6 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          124 points, you did very well this GW.. cheers

        4. Jay_
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Nice 🙂

          • jia you
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            WP mate!

          • FCSB
            • 8 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Good work... when are you playing your TC chip?

        5. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 14 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          A measly 104 needed to survive LMS

        6. Royal5
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 1 month ago

          How many points did you get out of your bench boost? Only interested in the people who started their prefered 11 for the GW. I only managed 15 points total (Foster, Robertson, Valery, Warde-Prowse)

          1. Danno - Emre Canada
            • 9 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Ha only 15! Try 8 here

            1. Royal5
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Thought I did pretty bad tbh. 8 is brutal mate 🙁

              1. Danno - Emre Canada
                • 9 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                And with a minus 8 hahahahaha arghhhhh

                1. Royal5
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  Oh dear 🙂

                  1. Danno - Emre Canada
                    • 9 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Nearly made a ton and went up in rank but still it didn’t really go to plan to say the least. And I took Vardy out as well.

          2. Waylander
            • 7 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            18

          3. Jay_
              5 years, 1 month ago

              19. Duffy to Masina -4 was costly.

            • Tsparkes10
              • 5 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              If I wasn't BB then I would've had (Lloris, Duffy, Val and DCL). Got Masina and Gray instead of Duffy and DCL though. Basically BB got me an extra 25 points I think so I'm happy

              1. Royal5
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Well done. I tried to be clever and went Wilson over Grey. Bournemouth are so unpredictable.

              2. IRBOX ⚽
                • 7 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                If you had your bench properly set up your got 15 for BB

            • IRBOX ⚽
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              28

              1. Royal5
                • 12 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Solid.

            • jia you
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              19 (but all the way back in GW1)

            • Buck The Trent
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              18 (Ryan, Yoshi, Valery, Ings)

            • che
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              21

            • Weasel Boy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              18
              My most successful BB

            • timmmuh
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              24 ... Ryan big scorer lol

              1. timmmuh
                • 8 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                That included a -4 to get Duffy out for Yoshida. Double lol.

          4. Tmel
            • 13 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            TC Mane vs Hud or Sterling vs Burnley?

            1. Pilgrim62
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 7 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              M, or St in GW37

            2. timmmuh
              • 8 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Leaning towards Mané myself

          5. Metropolis
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            5 years, 1 month ago

            Eriksen & Gray to Firmino & Deulofeu? (-4)

            I want Firmino for this plumb fixture but is it worth it at the expense of Eriksen? I have Son and Mane

            1. Buck The Trent
              • 12 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Yes

            2. Weasel Boy
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              5 years, 1 month ago

              I'm considering the same move.
              Just worried about Erik vs WH.

              1. Metropolis
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 6 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Do you have any other spurs coverage?

          6. Jay_
              5 years, 1 month ago

              Reckon Eriksen and Vertonghen start on Saturday?

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                5 years, 1 month ago

                Screwed if they dont

                1. Jay_
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    You or Spurs? Debating hitting them out.

                2. Royal5
                  • 12 Years
                  5 years, 1 month ago

                  No time for a rest. Every game is important at this stage.

                  1. Jay_
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      Good results tonight though. Should cruise top 4 now.

                      1. Royal5
                        • 12 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        True, but as a spurs supporter I know we are experts in fecking things up when everything is on cruise control.

                        1. Jay_
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            What worries me is when I was checking Spurs twitter base pre Brighton, a hell of a lot of people were calling on/hoping for the pair of them to rested. So much so I was surprised they started.

                            1. Royal5
                              • 12 Years
                              5 years, 1 month ago

                              Hmmm.. not sure Poch can afford rest either. Maybe Vert for Sanchez. With Winks and Sissoko out I can't see him resting Eriksen. That said, I might sell him to get Mane/Salah

                  2. yer old da
                    • 14 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Which 2 should I play?

                    A. Doherty
                    B. Duffy
                    C. Llorente

                    Already playing Ryan over Foster.

                  3. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    This weekend could be my best yet. Friday night- Liverpool TC.

                    Saturday night--Sheffield united more or less get promotion

                    Sunday- Promotion is confirmed and hopefully Chelsea beat United.

                    GL lads 🙂

                    1. jia you
                      • 7 Years
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      you've just gone and jinxed it all mate lol

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        Should see all the Sheff U forums. Everyone is acting like we're up already... I'm bricking it tbh

                        1. jia you
                          • 7 Years
                          5 years, 1 month ago

                          GL, hope ye go up and dont have to suffer that play-off dogfight!

                          1. Tsparkes10
                            • 5 Years
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            Cheers. Will love to watch it knowing we're already up 🙂

                  4. Tsparkes10
                    • 5 Years
                    5 years, 1 month ago

                    Thinking Lulkaku, KDB to Salah, Rash (-4). Leaves me:

                    Lloris
                    Val Robo Doh
                    Son Moura Jota Salah(TC) Sterl
                    Rash Jimenez
                    (Foster, Gray, Kolas, Masina)

                    1. Tsparkes10
                      • 5 Years
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      Actually. May do Kolas to TAA instead of Rash. Bring him in next gw

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        Never mind. I need to do Rash to get Salah funds. Shambles of a post fs

                    2. Jay_
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        Decent but Rash I’m not sure.

                          1. Tsparkes10
                            • 5 Years
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            Fixtures are too hard to ignore I think. Was thinking DCL or Zaha. Hm

                    3. FCSB
                      • 8 Years
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      RP

                      Lloris
                      Doherty Laporte Masina
                      Son Sterling Mane Deulofeu
                      Jimenez Aguero Vardy

                      Foster Valery Yoshida Romeu

                      1 FT 0.7 ITB

                      Best use of FT:

                      1. Vardy >> Firmino
                      2. Doherty >> TAA
                      3. Something Else?

                      ??

                      Thanks

                      1. Tsparkes10
                        • 5 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        A

                      2. 007 [RoboKlopp]
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        Vardy will face ARS

                    4. FCSB
                      • 8 Years
                      5 years, 1 month ago

                      Something that’s confused me for a while now... what is the different between Overall Rank and Gameweek 1 Rank... they always change but are never the same ??

                      1. Jay_
                          5 years, 1 month ago

                          Gw1 rank is only teams that started gw1. Overall includes teams that started gw2, gw3 etc. Sometimes I’ve seen teams that started gw3 beating people in OR after 5 or 6 weeks.

                          1. FCSB
                            • 8 Years
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            Thanks mate

                      2. MGMT
                        • 11 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        Need help here guys

                        A. Vardy + B.Silva + Firmino (-4)
                        B. Salah + Jimenez + Zaha or any 6.8 striker (-4)
                        C. Sterling + Vardy + Ayoze (-4)

                        Help please!

                        1. Steve Stiffler
                          • 7 Years
                          5 years, 1 month ago

                          A

                      3. Steve Stiffler
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        ML is so tight after this week, €750 for the winner. What to do with this lot?

                        Lloris
                        Doherty TAA Yoshida
                        Sterling Mané (TC) Son Hoijberg
                        Aguero Jimenez Gray

                        Foster KDB* Valery Duffy

                        KDB + Duffy > Bilva + VVD (-4) ?

                      4. jia you
                        • 7 Years
                        5 years, 1 month ago

                        OR updated and damage confirmed: 1,061 to 5,899
                        Sinking feeling, just goes to show what a bad week to get a very low score can do!
                        Anyway, will fight on with the hope of a top 5k finish!

                        1. IRBOX ⚽
                          • 7 Years
                          5 years, 1 month ago

                          Hard luck mate. Had to be somewhat expected though. With your BB deployed in GW1 you had a huge advantage on the masses and now it is hurting you this GW as they reciprocate

                          1. jia you
                            • 7 Years
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            You're right mate, and was expecting some damage of course, but just expected my team to fare out better, getting KDB, Jimenez and Bednarek for -8 proved horrendous 🙁

                            1. IRBOX ⚽
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 1 month ago

                              Some bad luck for sure. Still an incredible rank and you’re in for a strong finish!

                              1. jia you
                                • 7 Years
                                5 years, 1 month ago

                                Cheers, GL for the run-in!

                        2. Tsparkes10
                          • 5 Years
                          5 years, 1 month ago

                          Defo possible and still insane. Any chips left?

                          1. jia you
                            • 7 Years
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            nah, all out of chips

                        3. Jay_
                            5 years, 1 month ago

                            It’s all relative mate and I know it burns but look at big picture. You’re still in a position that most, including me would bite your hand off for. Still a great rank.

                            1. jia you
                              • 7 Years
                              5 years, 1 month ago

                              Cheers mate, true of course, would be delighted with a top 5k and very happy with a top 10k so all to play for!
                              Put a lot of effort into this season, much more than two seasons ago when I finished top 5k taking hits almost every GW!