Scout Notes

Aubameyang delivers as Ceballos offers potential in Arsenal win

Arsenal 2-1 Burnley

Goals: Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) | Ashley Barnes (£6.5m)

Assists: Dani Ceballos (£5.5m) x 2 | Dwight McNeil (£6.0m) 

Bonus Points: Ceballos x 3 Lacazette x 2 Aubayemang x 1

Arsenal emerged victorious with a 2-1 victory over Burnley in their first home game of the Premier League season with Alexandre Lacazette (£9.5m) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.0m) getting the goals.

Dani Ceballos (£5.5m), making his first Premier League start for the Gunners, put in a stellar performance, contributing two assists and collecting maximum bonus points.

In a man of the match display, the onloan Real Madrid man underlined his exciting potential to be a value for money route into the Arsenal attack this season. 

He played a crucial role in the attacking play and also had a hand in the Gunners’ corners and free-kicks but also helped break up Burnley’s offensive efforts.

Dani Ceballos was comfortably Arsenal’s man of the match against Burnley

At a price of £5.5m and after such an impressive debut, it will be difficult for managers to ignore Ceballos who unquestionably has the ability to start for Arsenal on a weekly basis.

And given the void that has been vacated by Mesut Ozil’s (£7.4m) ongoing absence, Ceballos looks to have the confidence and ability to contribute assists that the Gunners’ have been crying out for in the Emery era. 

Ashley Barnes (£6.5m) struck an early equaliser after Lacazette had put Arsenal in front, with the forward making it three goals in two games for the Clarets to stake his claim as an early frontrunner for the best budget forward in 2019/20.

Ashley Barnes and Dwight McNeil celebrate a goal for Burnley

Barnes took his goal well after a battling run and through ball from Dwight McNeil (£6.0m) rewarding the 3.9% of managers who had backed him to deliver against Arsenal. 

Despite a nervous first-half performance that culminated in a booking for Aubameyang, the Gabonese forward scored a crucial goal for the Gunners after cutting in from the left, burying his well-struck shot past Nick Pope (£4.5m) to give Arsenal the lead. 

Owned by 29% of managers, the performance of Aubameyang was relatively re-assuring given his well-taken goal, even if it was a long-time coming.

The premium forward was a peripheral figure in the first half, having been deployed on the right flank of attacking midfield.

Aubameyang was frustrating to watch for his Fantasy owners but he delivered a second goal in two against Burnley

It was not until the second period, when Nicolas Pépé (£9.5m) replaced Reiss Nelson (£5.5m), that Aubameyang really got going.

This substitution saw Aubameyang move to the left, with Pépé, making his home debut, taking up the right-wing station.

Emery’s decision to deploy the premium striker in both a left and right-sided role at various stages Saturday afternoon’s fixture will be an area of potential concern.

When we consider the assured positions of other premium options such as Harry Kane (£11.0) as a centre-forward, Raheem Sterling (£12.1) as a winger and Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) as a right-sided attacking midfielder, this is a level of consistency Aubameyang cannot really offer. That said, the Arsenal man still outscored all of those big names in Gameweek 2.

Despite his yellow-card for encroachment on a Burnley free-kick, Aubameyang picked up one bonus against Burnley, meaning he has a total of 12 points over two Gameweeks in 2019/20. 

If Lacazette can continue his goalscoring form alongside occupying the central striking role for Arsenal, then the Frenchman is certainly worthy of monitoring with regards to attacking Arsenal coverage given his favourable price-tag at £1.5m less than his Gabonese counterpart. 

Pépé’s introduction at half-time did not lead to any attacking returns for the £72m signing, but glimpses of his potential were on show at The Emirates. The former Lille striker will now be looking to nail down a starting berth and prove himself to Emery as a worthy candidate to feature alongside Aubayemang and Lacazette regularly.

Despite failing to record a second consecutive clean-sheet, Pope was exceptional at times for Burnley, making seven saves in total as well as a number of crucial blocks to prevent the scoreline developing into a mauling for the Clarets. 

Nick Pope made seven saves against Arsenal

There remains indisputable value in both Pope and the likes of Matt Lowton (£4.5m) James Tarkowski (£5.0m) Ben Mee (£5.0m) and Erik Pieters (£4.5m) who have a favourable run of fixtures from Gameweeks 5 to 8 after navigating an away trip to Wolves before hosting Liverpool at Turf Moor. 

The early momentum that Arsenal have now picked up after successive victories over Newcastle and Burnley is a stark contrast to Emery’s debut season with the Gunners, where successive defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea in Gameweeks 1 and 2 made for difficult reading. 

If Emery and Arsenal can translate this promising initial form into continuous winning momentum, then there is no doubt that they have a number of primarily attacking assets who can deliver for Fantasy managers – namely Lacazette and Aubameyang.

But Saturday’s victory was both a day and performance that belonged to debutant Ceballos with his two assists and a Man of the Match performance. 

Members Analysis

Lessons learned from Gameweek 2

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  1. Kno
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    If you had to drop one of them, which one would you transfer out between robbo and trent?

    Safe choice is obviously keeping robbo but trent feels more fun/risky

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

      I’m keeping Trent, getting rid of Robbo

    2. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Keep Robbo for sure

    3. HTL
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Robbo looks more likely to drop in price. Have the same dilemma

    4. Conor1
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      The assists and clean sheets will start to flow soon. Robbo almost scored today, Gunn made a brilliant save. Keep.

  2. Halftime
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I have Pepe in a Draft league, should i swop for Ceballos?

    1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Nope, he'll start from now on (said he'd be eased in), you can see his quality in the minutes he's played, returns will come with starts

      1. Halftime
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks

  3. Tauruspt
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Bottomed
    The speed b silva is dropping could we see another .1 by the end of next week?

    1. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah

  4. thepeen555
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Do you know what I’m going to go for son I think.

    I didn’t do Pukki captain cause of comments which put doubt in my mind. And it didn’t pay off.

    Always go with gut and I think Son is the choice. Not kane.

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

      Original plan was to do KDB to son. But with how KDB is playing... son is an issue to get in

      1. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah I got Kdb already, so it’s a little adjusting for son too. Just gotta bite the bullet sometimes

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

          Thinking I could do Aubameyang + Barkley to son and a 7.5m (prob Pukki)

          I shall wait till next week though

          1. thepeen555
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            Covering Pukki price rise(s)

  5. Chaballer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Reminder for any Career Hall of Fame Top 1K ranked managers to join the new league. ‘Top 1K Career HoF’ code = (beeps2)

    1. firstade
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Joined. Thanks!

  6. Gringo Kid
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    What would you change here, no idea how to use 2 FT

    Ryan, Button
    Robbo, TAA, Digne, Zinchenko,, Rico
    Salah, Sterling, Perez, Moura, Dendoncker
    Wilson, Jota, Greenwood

    0.0 ITB

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      WC

    2. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      First need to wait on news of Zinc and Digne injuries but if ok Salah to Mané, Wilson to Pukki and Moura to Son or KDB.

  7. Beatle
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Worth doing Wood to Barnes?

    1. Emp
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      no

  8. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Getting in KDB and Pukki for Siggy and Wilson... Where should I save 0.1 here to make it possible?

    Ryan
    TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko
    Salah Sterling KDB Perez
    Pukki Jota

    Trent, Digne and Perez on the chopping block...

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

      I'm thinking of chopping Perez too but he hasn't even played yet this GW to be fair

      1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah agreed. I said in my head I'd give him the first 4....

    2. Kaz77
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      VVD to AWB

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        This.

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

        That extra 0.1 for Pukki is making life difficult. I'm keeping TAA over Robertson but struggling to find a good two gameweek replacement for 5.4 or less

        1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah its very annoying Haha. If he hadn't scored at Anfield he may have even dropped in value!

    3. I Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Easy decision if Digne is out. If he's fit I'd ditch Trent for a United defender.

      1. Toblerone52 - Zlatan Ibra-H…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah that would help in a way. Sounds like he's okay though

  9. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Oh my god, I've just seen the Southampton goal, Adrian...

  10. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Decided the only change I am making for now is Heaton out, Pope in.

    Looks like Villa will be shipping goals every game and Pope a pretty good long term pick.

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

      Meh I opted for heaton too. Hoping he picks up...

    2. SADIO SANÉ
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      didn't fancy waiting two weeks?

  11. dunas_dog
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    A Salah Moura or
    B Mané Son or KDB

    1. Rinseboy
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      B Mane and KDB even if it's for a -4!

  12. Sloths
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I can see it now... Salah gets hatrick vs Arsenal and all the Salah sellers crying trying to get him back in for GM4 =D

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yup

    2. Dank Squid
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Salah hattrick vs a top team? Unlikely ... but I guess anything can happen in football.

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

        He’s not playing a top team, he’s playing Arsenal lmao

  13. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    No way I'm keeping double Liverpool defence with that clown in goal, I might go back when Allison returns.

    1. el polako
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep same here

    2. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      City shipped 2 goals today. Clean sheets NEVER a guarantee.

      1. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Absolutely but City only conceded a few shots and were playing Spurs, Liverpool's keeper basically passed it to Southampton's striker for an open goal.

        1. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          What is your point when goals were conceded irrespective of the shots?

          NO CLEAN SHEET.

          1. The Ejiptian King
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 7 months ago

            lol, ok.

        2. Conor1
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 7 months ago

          Emerson’s positioning was terrible for first goal. Would go down as a mistake also for me.

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

            Emerson was somewhere in London I’d imagine? Really horrific positioning

            1. Conor1
              • 6 Years
              4 years, 7 months ago

              Ok!!! Cheers.

  14. Tvaara
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Help needed plz. Must det rid C Taylor before pricefall tonight,who should i get, i have 3 Brigton players so Dunk is not an option?

  15. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Heaton
    Digne - Robertson - VVD - Zinchenko
    Perez - Sterling - Salah - Fraser
    Wilson - Jota
    ______________________________
    Button: Dendoncker, Greenwood, Rico

    2FT’s

    Robertson + Fraser > AWB + KDB?

    Have exact cash to do so 🙂

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

      Without doubt

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers bud

    2. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'm considering that move too but gonna wait for the moment, might do Emerson instead of AWB, hopefully Fraser doesn't drop tonight.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        yeah reckon its best waiting just for the games to finish, really hope Fraser doesn't drop like you say

    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Good moves

  16. I Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ryan
    Robertson, van Dijk, Digne
    Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Perez, Barkley
    Wilson, Jota

    Button; Greenwood, Lundstram, Rico.

    2 FT 0.0 ITB

    If Digne is fit:

    Wilson, Sigurdsson & Barkley -> Pukki, De Bruyne & Ceballos (-4)

    Yay or nay?

  17. Super Silva Haze
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    OUT IN
    Moura. De Bruyne
    Wilson. Pukki
    Montoya. Kelly

    -4. Yes Or No ??

    1. Super Silva Haze
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Lol that was horrible I meant

      Moura to Kdb
      Wilson to Pukki
      Montoya to Kelly

      Yay or Nay ?

  18. Catastrophe
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    As knee-jerky as it gets, but how’s this potential WC?

    Ryan
    TAA, VVD, AWB, Zinchenko
    Mane, Sterling, KDB, Martial
    Barnes, Pukki

    (Button, Dendoncker, Lundstram, Greenwood)

    Ok with no spurs coverage, or Martial & TAA -> Son & AMN/5.4?

    Cheers

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Actually really like that

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers

    2. BOATIES FC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Zinchenko looked injured

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        I could always boot him for a -4 or play an early WC

      2. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Good point. Anyone better @ 5.5 or lower? KWP perhaps?

        Cheers

    3. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Looks great

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Ta

    4. Markus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I'd do Jota over barnes if on wildcard and he drops.

      1. Catastrophe
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers. Don't really like Barnes but seems consistent!

  19. Emiliano Sala
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Want kane, son, rashford, kdb...
    WC is only way but team isn't that bad

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Don’t really need Kane AND Son surely? One is enough of them?

      1. Emiliano Sala
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 7 months ago

        Both are good

  20. Slitherene
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Another average GW!

    Pope Heaton
    VvD Digne Diop Zinchenko Robertson
    Zaha KdB Salah Sigurdsson Stephens
    Jimenez Wilson Greenwood

    Have 2 FT, 0 ITB

    What to do? Feedback will be appreciated!

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

      Wait for tomorrow. But Zaha and siggy are a meh for me. Rather martial and moura (assuming moura spot is still there when sons back)

    2. frenchfries
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Robertson+Greenwood->Kelly+Pukki? And play 3-4-3

  21. twoplustwo
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Adrian

    Dafuq

  22. Markus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    At the beginning of the day, all I asked for was joelinton to score and pukki to blank. That went well...

  23. pundit of punts
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Potentail WC team. Thoughts? 🙂

    Pope - 4m
    TAA - Zinchenko - AWB - Zouma - Lundstarm
    Sterling - Mane - Martial - Lanzini - Cantwell
    Kane - Pukki - Greenwood

    1. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Like it all apart from Zouma and Lanzini.
      No Everton either. Can’t have everyone though.

      Overall. Solid.

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

      Went last week on something very very similar - switching Auba to Kane this week

      Like it but suspect one Norwich is enough. Prefer to wait on City defence - it’s a big investment on a GW1/2 budget when it’s so uncertain. I put my extra cash up top in Jota as opposed to Barnes

      Digne?

  24. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Do we think it’s likely that son goes straight into the starting 11 ?

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

      I’d just about class it as likely. I’m probably going to hold fire until it’s a little more certain

    2. Lingard’s Shin Guards
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Yep

    3. BoleynWin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      I’m trying to work this out too as I’m very tempted to bring him in this week, it doesn’t help that Moura & Lamela both had great games...

  25. frenchfries
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Salah, Fraser, Robertson -> Mane, KDB, AWB? -4

    Have double Liverpool defence with TAA Robbo

  26. DAZZ
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Josh King owners keeping?? Or swapping to Pukki? He may have form but his fixtures arent overly appealing

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

      I should of took the hit last week when he was 6.5m but now he will prob be 7m by time I can get him

  27. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    if southampton had a decent goalscorer they probably would have won the game

    1. fr3d
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Ings looked like a paid actor in overtime

  28. Godfrey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    I'm curious, what's your current rank and are you happy with that rank?

    1. frenchfries
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 7 months ago

      Have no idea and will not care for the first 10 gameweeks

  29. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    He giveth

    He Taketh

    Psalm 1272 Chapter V A R

    Good night, God bless

    Much loves

  30. AYLD28
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 7 months ago

    Ryan
    TAA Laporte Digne O’Connel Lundstrom
    Trossard Sterling Salah McGinn Perez
    Jota Pukki Wilson

    Started the season with a flexible squad, now I’m thinking confirming 3-5-2 going forward.

    1. Wilson + Perez > Wickham + KDB
    2. Wilson + Perez > Wickham + Son