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Dugout Discussion December 15

Foden makes first league start of season as De Bruyne takes up advanced role

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The penultimate match of Gameweek 17 kicks off at 16:30 GMT, as Manchester City head to the Emirates to take on Arsenal.

Without the injured David Silva (£7.6m) and Sergio Aguero (£11.7m), Pep Guardiola has sprung a surprise by naming Phil Foden (£5.1m) in his starting XI for the first time in the Premier League this season.

With midfield anchors Ilkay Gundogan (£5.2m) and Rodri (£5.4m) in the visitors’ line-up, Kevin De Bruyne (£10.2m) looks to be playing in a more advanced role behind Foden, Raheem Sterling (£11.8m) and Gabriel Jesus (£9.6m).

Nicolas Otamendi (£5.0m) and Benjamin Mendy (£5.5m) also come into the side from the team that was defeated in the Manchester derby, with Angelino (£4.7m) and the sidelined John Stones (£5.3m) making way.

Bernardo Silva (£7.9m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.3m) are only amongst the substitutes.

Freddie Ljungberg has made two enforced changes to the side that beat West Ham last Monday, with Sead Kolasinac (£5.2m) and Matteo Guendouzi (£4.5m) coming in for the injured Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) and Granit Xhaka (£5.1m).

Alexandre Lacazette (£9.3m) is again among the substitutes as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£10.8m) leads the line for the Gunners.

Mesut Ozil (£7.2m) makes his seventh straight Premier League start.

At the risk of jinxing it, there ought to be goals in this fixture: Arsenal and City are without a league clean sheet in eight and six matches respectively.

Bernd Leno (£5.0m) has made more saves than any other Fantasy Premier League goalkeeper this season.

City have scored at least two goals in each of the last seven league meetings with the Gunners.

Fantasy managers have been deserting the premium players from these two clubs recently: De Bruyne, Sterling and Aubameyang were three of the four most-sold FPL assets of Gameweek 17.

Arsenal XI: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Sokratis, Chambers, Kolasinac, Guendouzi, Torreira, Pepe, Özil, Martinelli, Aubameyang.

Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy, Gundogan, Rodri, Foden, De Bruyne, Sterling, Jesus.

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  1. Planet Head
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Needed 17 points from KdB to stay in the cup. Cheers Kev.

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

      lol I thought you were joking. Exact!

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

    We want more in the 2nd half Kevin

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  3. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    These KDB points are not improving my rank at all

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    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Imagine if you didn't have him, though. Ouch.

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

    Thoughts on Maddison and TAA to KDB and Target this week?!

    Guiata
    Rico Lunds Aurier Soy
    Maddison Son Alli
    Vardy Tammy Rashford
    Button TAA Mane Soy

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  5. Kaiser123
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KDB was and is a season keeper. You were warned.

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    1. Stef rocks
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I have said that about 20 times that he is a season keeper unless injured - I can find all my comments and posts 🙂

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  6. Am sorry to say again it�…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gameweek 17 KDB sellers!!! Show yourself! Muhahahahahaha

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  7. Arteta
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/12/07/mane-no-show-increases-attention-on-vardy-for-captaincy/?hc_page=23&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_21303148

    I hate not following my gut instinct so much!!! Gotta be bold and stop thinking about who will be the most captained each week.

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  8. Stef rocks
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I told ya!

    https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/12/11/juggling-fpl-forwards-to-make-up-lost-ground/?hc_page=1&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_21318343

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  9. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Wow so my trend this year is to captain the best player the week before 😀 😀
    gw 14 - captained mane. got 4 points. He scores 15 points the next gw
    gw 15 - captained vardy. got 10 points. He scores 13 points the next gw
    gw 16 - captained kdb. got a measly 2 points. Currently looking at 17 pts this gw.

    I captained vardy this week... maybe I'll leave it like that for the upcoming gw 😀

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    1. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      The switching thing rarely works for me, just stick it out

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  10. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    So far Kev has solely contributed to a 73k rank drop. Noice....

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  11. GOTHAM City F.C.
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    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Son, Salah, Kev.... No captains in this list for next week.

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    1. Gaddafi
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      why son??

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  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    City feeding the Red head who’s feeding red arrows.

    More, Kevinnnnnnnn, more!

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  13. Kaptenen
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    DCL a decent punt for next week against Arsenal?

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

      Anything in blue next week is a good punt.

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  14. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    If KDB is injured or suspended for our game at the lane I will be devastated. Best player to watch right now

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  15. Miguel Sanchez
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pulisic to:

    A) Richarlison
    B) Son (with TAA to Aurier)

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    1. Gaddafi
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      to kdb

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      1. Miguel Sanchez
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        got

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

      only thing Richarlison did was pick up a pointless YC ... he's on 4 now

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  16. Gaddafi
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KDB (C) is visibly improving my rank. Time to smash top 1k!

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    1. Woy_is_back
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Link your team

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    2. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Gutsy call when Leicester has Norwich!

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      1. Gaddafi
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Had to be done. I have Vardy on my team btw.

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

        lol

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

      Well played, sir, well played.

      My cup opponent doesn't have KdB. Thankfully.

      He has Walker though, so I guess I need an Arsenal goal really.

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      1. Gaddafi
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah if it wasn't for kdb I'd be out of the cup. The guy I was up against had Vertonghen, got a last minute Spurs goal and set me back enough points to be out.

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

        You actually believe him?

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  17. HashAttack
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    cup opponent was 21 points behind with just non-captain KDB to play .. .I thought I was safe

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    1. Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You can never be truly safe. I once got knocked out by a ghost team with a sunderland defender. Had a 20 pt advantage. His defender scored a brace cleansheet and max bps for 21 pts. I gave u on h2h minileagues from then on

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      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Man, that's rough.

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  18. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Magnus Carlsen may be a brilliant strategist but going no KDB won't work for him long term.

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  19. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I will be fuming if KdB loses that CS point

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    1. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      No worries
      Will get a goal

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  20. Maddi Son
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Magnus chuckling at peasants tens / hundreds of thousands positions below him.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/birthday-present-magnus-c_b_13339650

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  21. Meinhoff
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I am going to buy KDB this week and he is not leaving my team even if he doesn't score a single point more for the whole season. Just out of respect

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  22. Pras (FPL)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    FPL really need to make the Ars fixture green in the ticker.

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    1. Twisted Saltergater
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      It’s genuinely the easiest fixture for attacking returns

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    2. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Bournemouth's fixture run looking pretty good now. ARS next.

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      1. diesel001
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        *ARS in GW19.

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  23. Pranav Santhosh
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Sold KDB to son for triple spurs attack and held onto Robbo. Lol at me

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  24. Sid1891
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    When Kun is back?

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    1. Gaddafi
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      january or smth, im gonna smash him TP week he's back

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

      Pep said after the derby

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      1. Sid1891
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers fellas

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

        So April?

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

    KDB is a season keeper they said.
    Well said !!

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  26. Sailboats
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    KDB (C) next gameweek if Dilva is confirmed out

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  27. Gaddafi
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    im doing a challenge; 1 line for each point kdb gets.

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    1. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Watching snow white?

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  28. Totti
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    thanks for KDB who saved my gameweek 🙂

    this is the real FPL assest who you set always and forget like mane and salah

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  29. Tsparkes10
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    An arsenal fan and I quote... "we are making KDB look good, there's better mids in the prem and the world. Nothing special" oh dear oh dear

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  30. nolard
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Pulisic, Chilwell and Mousset all getting moved out the next weeks.

    Who to get for Pulisic long-term?

    1. Grealish?
    2. Who?

    And who to get for Chilwell long-term?

    A: Aurier
    B: ?

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