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Dugout Discussion December 26

Chilwell and James start for Chelsea after Lampard’s “doubtful” comments

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Ben Chilwell (£6.1m) and Reece James (£5.2m) both start for Chelsea despite Frank Lampard’s pessimistic prognosis in his pre-match press conference.

The former Derby County manager labelled each first-choice full-back as “doubtful” for the Gameweek 15 meeting with Arsenal and the following game.

However, it now looks as if those comments could be considered as ‘mind games’ by the sceptics among us as Lampard is able to name a strong XI.

The team sheet will be of significant frustration to those who sold Chilwell and James, the former the most shipped-out Fantasy asset for Gameweek 15.

Timo Werner (£9.3m) and Christian Pulisic (£8.2m) line-up either side of Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) while Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) sits on the bench.

In the opposite dugout is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (£11.4m) back from his calf problem as a substitute for Arsenal.

To match Cheslea’s 4-3-3 system, Mikel Arteta has gone with a back-four consisting of Kieran Tierney (£5.3m), Pablo Mari (£4.4m), Rob Holding (£4.4m) and Hector Bellerín (£5.1m).

Gabriel Martinelli (£4.9m) has overcome the issue that forced him off against Manchester City to start on the flanks of attacking midfield, Bukayo Saka (£5.1m) on the opposite side and Alexandre Lacazette (£8.2m) up-front.

Arsenal XI: Leno; Tierney, Mari, Holding, Bellerín; Elneny, Xhaka; Martinelli, Smith Rowe, Saka; Lacazette.

Chelsea XI: E Mendy; Chilwell, T Silva, Zouma, R James; Mount, Kanté, Kovacic; Werner, Abraham, Pulisic.

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  1. Pep Roulette
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea CS wiped! Yuhuuuu!

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  2. S.Kuqi
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    In your face lier Lampard!

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

    yaaaaaaas screw you frank and chilwell

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  4. Begbie.
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Werner is a donkey. Lampard needs to accept it.

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    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      If played down the middle with good service he's far from a donkey.

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    2. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      he was good at Germany

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

      If you are a Top PL club, you have to be careful when buying from other leagues unless the player is coming from Real Madrid, Barcelona, Dortmund, Munich, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, PSG.

      Best players have become concentrated amongst 10-15 clubs (many of which are in the PL such as Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs).

      Going below that level is fraught with risk.

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  5. F_Ivanovic
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    i so want arsenal to get relegated but by god does it feel good to see Chelsea concede.

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  6. yalala
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Ok come on one more

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  7. R.C
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    If you didn't know, Arsenal have a good record against Top6 tbf

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    1. STEP rOVERS
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Still smug about keeping?

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  8. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Didn't want a benched clean sheet anyway

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    1. Homer21
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      You forgot to bench him!!

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  9. All The Aces
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Dive

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    1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Did you?

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    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      120% but fooled VAR

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    3. Scholes Out For Summer
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      • 10 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Enough contact for a foul. Definitely not enough contact to force a player down, but that’s a foul as James clearly made contact with Tierneys legs without touching the ball. That’s a foul by definition.

      Refs don’t call that without the player going down, that’s why Tierney had to go down to make sure it was called

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  10. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Yes Yes Yes! COYG!

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  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Time to kick out at someone, Reece!

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  12. 272MK
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Well Chilwell out for a hit aint too bad now

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  13. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Sold Chilwell and Mendy for Meslier and Robbo

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

      Sold chillwell to fund salah (c) move

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  14. Londongeezaa
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    The sweet irony of James knee being the villain

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  15. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Giroud will turn this game around.

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    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Should have started

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  16. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Interesting now, because Arsenal have got the first goal. Arsenal, like many teams in the PL (see Palace, Villa, Brighton, West Ham, Wolves etc) are pretty terrible when they don't score the first goal because they don't have the creative player (like KDB, Fernandes, Salah, Son) to get them back in the game against the deep block.

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

    Reece James is just a cross merchant, can’t defend for toffee

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  18. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    How many pens have Chelsea conceded recently?

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    1. Zimo
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      ElGhazi and KDB get in!

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  19. Don Kloppeone
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Imagine if this ends like this!

    They need Giroud on the pitch

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  20. Woy_is_back
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Donkey Abraham

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  21. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Chelsea being completely outplayed here, haven’t had a sniff

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    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Two awful teams doing nothing.

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  22. Kitman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Martinelli at 4.9 mill could be great value
    Even as 4th mid

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

      Yep, great prospect

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  23. Eh, just one more thing ...
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    As a seller of James and Chillwell for a -4 (Matip and Dias in) ... I am frankly very happy about the Chelsea cleanie gone (although that penalty was a joke decision).

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  24. how now brown cow
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 4 months ago

    Do you reckon that was a penalty?

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    1. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      100%

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      1. how now brown cow
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Really? I just dont see a foul there.

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    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Never a pen, Tierney won it, VAR chickened out

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    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Accidental, stupid, has to be given.

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    4. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Was there contact?

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      1. Bushwhacker
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yes

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    5. @persecuted_by_mods
        3 years, 4 months ago

        Yes I think he clipped him before the bit right after that doesn't look like a penalty

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      • Don Kloppeone
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        100% not.

        Has just given players another way to trick VAR now though

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    6. Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 4 months ago

      Arsenal will win

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

      Damn. I really wanted those Chelsea cleanies to punish all the kneejerkers. No matter, I'll still have them for the DGW when no one has them.

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      1. Begbie.
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 4 months ago

        People might bring them back lol

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

          Unlikely. They don't have great fixtures for now and most people are buying cheapos or going up to Liverpool.

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        2. @persecuted_by_mods
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Not in Camzys world

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

              hahaha

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        3. thegaffer82
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          They will be popular with FHers that week

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

            True but I'm talking about the double up. My mistake for not being clearer.

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        4. Scholes Out For Summer
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Reece James is super easy to bring in, as well as Thiago Silva

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        5. Ozzy smith
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah because people haven’t got 4 gws to transfer Chilwell or James in lol

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

          You know that´s 4 gw away, plenty of time to get them in "facepalm"

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

            See above ...

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

          easy to get back for most weeks away yet. This is a bit of a pathetic post

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

            Let me be. I deserve to feel a bit hard done by from Arsenal randomly scoring two goals in a half out of nowhere. Considering how much I discuss posts with you, you're rather rude.

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            1. Party time
                3 years, 4 months ago

                😆

                I’m your buddy Camzy, don’t mind them

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              • Rinseboy
                • 12 Years
                3 years, 4 months ago

                I just think these posts you do on purpose to rub people up the wrong way mate. These trying to be smug posts. I always wondered why a few got annoyed by you but its this kind of stuff mate. Maybe just consider it in the future as these posts do make you across as a bit of a knob mate

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                1. NoThomasNoPartey18
                  • 3 Years
                  3 years, 4 months ago

                  Doesn't come across as smug or knobish etc. To me at all

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          2. F_Ivanovic
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            i got rid of chilwell because i'm FH in the DGW

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          3. Dexters Laboratory
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 4 months ago

            Appreciate the content as always Camzy. Find you a forward thinker as opposed to sheep thinker. Always going to have haters

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        8. Bushwhacker
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          On this showing its more surprising that both teams aren’t fighting relegation. Awful.

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        9. Botman and Robben
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Arsenal win to stay safe from relegation.

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        10. Right In The Stanchion
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Sold Tierney two weeks ago and now he hauls

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        11. yalala
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 4 months ago

          Arteta in

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