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Dugout Discussion July 1

Pulisic fit to start as Mount and Giroud are benched for Chelsea’s trip to West Ham

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West Ham United entertain Chelsea in the fourth and final Premier League fixture to take place on Thursday.

Kick-off at the London Stadium is at 20:15 BST.

Christian Pulisic (£7.0m) is fit to start, with the American having recovered from the minor calf niggle that forced him off against Leicester City in the FA Cup.

Mason Mount (£6.2m) is benched, however.

While there are a number of changes from that cup quarter-final, there are only two alterations from the side that beat Manchester City in the Blues’ last Premier League outing.

Mateo Kovacic (£5.3m) replaces Mount in central midfield, while Tammy Abraham (£7.5m) gets the nod to lead the line ahead of Olivier Giroud (£6.6m).

David Moyes has also made two changes to the side that lost at Tottenham Hotspur in Gameweek 31+.

Mark Noble (£5.0m) is replaced by Manuel Lanzini (£6.1m) in midfield, while Angelo Ogbonna (£4.5m) ousts Fabian Balbuena (£4.3m) at centre-half.

Sebastien Haller (£6.8m) hasn’t recovered from injury, however.

Pulisic was the second-most-bought Fantasy Premier League midfielder of Gameweek 32+.

Over 167,000 FPL managers snapped up the USA international following his back-to-back goals against Aston Villa and City.

The Hammers won the reverse fixture 1-0 at Stamford Bridge but haven’t kept a clean sheet since New Year’s Day.

Not one of their starters is owned by more than 2% of FPL managers.

Chelsea XI: Kepa; Alonso, Christensen, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta; Barkley, Kovacic, Kanté; Pulisic, Abraham, Willian.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski; Cresswell, Ogbonna, Diop, Fredericks; Rice, Soucek; Lanzini, Fornals, Bowen; Antonio.

FPL Lessons Learned from Gameweek 32+

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  1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    JUSTICIA!!

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    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Vamos por la favour senior justicia ci ci

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  2. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Good sportsmanship from Chelsea there

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  3. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Poor Kepa

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  4. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Why is AZpi defending tallest player in the league on corners?

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    1. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I thought Dan Burn was?

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  5. Viper
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I know nobody actually knows but do you reckon Ritchie plays at the weekend?

    Probably hard to change a team that has just won 4-1 away from home

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    1. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not fit still

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  6. el polako
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    In your face Kepa you muppet !!!

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    1. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Ha.

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  7. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    JUSTICE

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    1. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      There first was offside ffs.

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  8. Lucy2019
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    WHU finally score an onside goal.

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  9. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Kepa useless... No presence

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    1. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      My granma can beþet defend corners then him.

      Buy Pope!!!

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      1. The Suspended One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Chelsea should sell him and buy pope

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    2. mrodgers91
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Big willy would have made his presence felt

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  10. GE
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    DCL -> Greenwood yeah?

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    1. Lucy2019
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      DCL to anyone

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  11. FPL Daniel
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    As I said. Kepa is not good for Sunday League even !!!

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  12. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    To be fair why the he’ll would little Azpilicueta be marking the tallest player on the pitch anyway?

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  13. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    TAA >> Soucek (-4)?

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    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Not worth it. He doesn’t get to play against Kepa again for the the rest of the season.

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    2. Zilla
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      You can transfer a defender to a mid? Rafa strikes again!

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      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        It’s part of the hit. Guendo >> Soucek and TAA >> AWB

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    3. Young Lingard
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Soucek on the end of Trent deliveries is like click and collect them points (drooling emoji )

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  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    FPL towers on drugs for a minute there giving Puli G+A

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    1. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Sky score centre did as well

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  15. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    FT score predictions?

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    1. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      1-1

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  16. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Barca got completely robbed yesterday. VAR given this as peno:

    https://mobile.twitter.com/BenOrange1/status/1278077825879334913?s=09

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    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Another angle

      https://mobile.twitter.com/guanaco_ja23/status/1278077585222664197?s=09

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      1. @persecuted_by_mods
          3 years, 9 months ago

          Still doesn't show the right angle but I'd hazard a guess that the defender does get a knick on the attackers legs, which make him then trip over his own legs

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          1. La Roja
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 9 months ago

            I think it’s more clear from this angle that there is no contact

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            1. @persecuted_by_mods
                3 years, 9 months ago

                I mean it's not clear at all? As the contact would be made as soon as the camera/view is blocked.

                If these are the only angles they used to decide if it was a penalty then that's wrong. However if the ref saw it as I do that most likely the defender clipped him and then he tripped over his own legs it's a pen

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        • @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 9 months ago

            Can't really tell if the defender clipped the attackers legs to make him then clip his own legs, that would be a penalty for me especially as the defender is adjusting to cross back over

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            1. La Roja
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              See above

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              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 9 months ago

                  See below, called it

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            2. Duke Silver ☑
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 9 months ago

              I don't get it. There's contact? It's up to the defender to avoid contact in that situation.
              https://twitter.com/rodfcb/status/1278078416085037057

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              1. @persecuted_by_mods
                  3 years, 9 months ago

                  Knew it

                  Source: years of experience of playing and watching football

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                  1. Duke Silver ☑
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    I watched the game live and iirc the ref gave the pen straight away. For me, the defender clearly clips the forward's left foot causing him to trip.

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                    1. @persecuted_by_mods
                        3 years, 9 months ago

                        I agree with you, I was saying the above comments with just the angles that didn't show the contact clearly, but even then I knew there must have been a touch

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                  2. Zilla
                    • 6 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Yeah there will always be contact? You don't get a pen because someone touched you. His boot studs' hit Semedo's ankle, where is the foul here?

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                    1. @persecuted_by_mods
                        3 years, 9 months ago

                        There won't always be contact in the box that is the single action that takes someone down

                        The foul is where the boot studs hit the ankle

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                        1. Duke Silver ☑
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 9 Years
                          3 years, 9 months ago

                          Must be Barca fans saying it wasn't a pen cause I can't even comprehend how they don't think that's a pen 😆

                          Moving at speed = any touch will take a player down.

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                  3. Ady87
                    • 10 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    I needed Barcelona for a big acca too, feel sick.

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                  4. mrodgers91
                    • 6 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Watched that game live, after seeing it 30 times it appears semedos knee clipped the attackers foot, dont think it was enough to go down but anytime a player feels contact in the box its what they are trained to do.

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                    1. @persecuted_by_mods
                        3 years, 9 months ago

                        I mean it's literally the defining action that makes the attacker then trip over his own feet? There was no decision to go down, he was just full on clipped into a trip (of his own legs)

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                    2. Lucy2019
                      • 4 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Clear pen to me watching the correct clip.

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                  5. Make Arrows Green Again
                    • 7 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Jim Bowen assist. Take a look at what you could have won.

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                  6. FPL Daniel
                    • 14 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    WGTA? Rice?

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                  7. HNI
                    • 11 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Damn I love those bubbles. Plz stay up Whm, need your culture and fans into new season. Hopefully its bou norwich and one of bha/wat to relegation

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                  8. Pukki Party
                    • 6 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Halftime thoughts on best transfers here?

                    DDG
                    TAA Boly Soyuncu Fernsndez
                    Salah KdB Mount
                    Rashford Jimenez Vardy

                    Martinez Foden Lundstram Cantwell

                    A) Vardy, Mount to Fernandes, DCL (or other 7.2fwd)

                    B) Vardy, Cantwell to Fernandes, Nketiah

                    C) Vardy, Mount, Fernandez/Lundstram to Nketiah, Fernandes, Alonso -4

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                  9. Freshy
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Not fair for Dave having to mark a guy 50 pounds heavier and a foot taller.
                    Might want to get on that Frank.

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                  10. The VAR Team
                    • 4 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Thinking I should start streaming games instead... With a 5 min delay I can quickly check if the goal stands once it's been scored!

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                  11. Bun Rab
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Kepa runs into people, Tammy whiffs on the line. Typical Chelsea defensive display!

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                  12. Niho992
                    • 5 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Imagine not owning Soucek

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                  13. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                    • 10 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Has VAR denied hammers yet?

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                  14. MGD
                    • 7 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Any chance Mount stays on bench ?

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                    1. Baps hunter
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 6 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      A lot of injuries? 0.176%

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                    2. The Suspended One
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 10 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      No. Way.

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                  15. Villa Velour
                    • 8 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    On WC, what differentials are looking decent?

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                    1. Villa Velour
                      • 8 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Greenwood, Saint-Maximin, Salah??

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                    2. La Roja
                      • 12 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Soucek, ASM

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                      1. DAZZ
                        • 9 Years
                        3 years, 9 months ago

                        Differentials he asked for not flavors of the day!

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                        1. La Roja
                          • 12 Years
                          3 years, 9 months ago

                          😀

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                    3. Dynamic Duos
                      • 10 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Pulisic, Son, Jesus

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                    4. mrodgers91
                      • 6 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Kane, asm has looked decent since the restart

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                    5. Tomerick
                      • 9 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Maximin for sure

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                  16. Bobby
                    • 14 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Probably been asked but why has azpi been asked to mark a giant at corners?

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                    1. Amey
                      • 5 Years
                      3 years, 9 months ago

                      Called Frank
                      Even he doesn't know anything about it
                      Said kepa decided that

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                  17. Ady87
                    • 10 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    Alonso has been an inspired pick.

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                  18. AzzaroMax99
                    • 7 Years
                    3 years, 9 months ago

                    How's this FH looking for the next gw?

                    Pope
                    AWB, Gomez, Lascelles
                    Salah(C), KDB, Martial, Fernandes, Pulisic
                    Kane, Jimmy

                    3.9, Connolly, Kiko, 3.9

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