Dugout Discussion

Adams, McCarthy and Vestergaard absent as Saints host Liverpool

Che Adams (£6.1m) joins a growing list of inactive Southampton players as he misses out on a Gameweek 17 meeting with Liverpool.

The striker took a kick to the head against West Ham and is absent on Monday night due to a concusssion.

Meanwhile, Oriol Romeu (£4.5m) has suffered some issues with his calf, bringing Ibrahima Diallo (£4.5m) back into the Southampton team at central midfield.

Those two absentees join Alex McCarthy (£4.7m) and Jannik Vestergaard (£4.8m) in watching tonight’s game from the stands or sofa, who miss out due to self-isolation and a knee problem respectively.

The second-string nature of Southampton’s line-up is sure to encourage those who handed the captain’s armband to Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) in Gameweek 17.

The Egyptian is the most-skippered asset in the game for the current round of action although has blanked in each of his last two.

Liverpool are not without key players missing either. Following Nathaniel Phillips‘ (£4.0m) outing at Newcastle, Jordan Henderson (£5.4m) fills in at centre-back.

Southampton XI: Forster; Bertrand, Bednarek, J Stephens, Walker-Peters; Djenepo, Ward-Prowse, Diallo, Armstrong; Walcott, Ings.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Robertson, Fabinho, J Henderson, Alexander-Arnold; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wijnaldum, Thiago; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

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  1. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Come on you Saint's, should never have benched KWP!

  2. JBG
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Wait that's not a YC for Mane??

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ridiculous right

  3. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Lucky not to have the essential Robertson tonight, but unfortunately have both Mane and Salah...

    1. BobbyV
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I had Rashford lol

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

    Any chance of Forster baps? It literally comes down to this for my cup game haha

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Nope, unless a myriad of saves

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

      Doubtful, hasn’t been needed tonight.

      1. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        No one was needed tonight on goal

  5. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Darn, Bednarek's points stay on bench.

  6. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is taa vs robbo still a thing?

    1. Jersey Boy
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Ha I remember you commenting on my ‘Trent or Robbo’ post 3 or 4 GWs ago. Fair play you said Robbo but I (inexplicably) went with Trent. As with most FPL dilemmas, if only I knew then what I know now...

  7. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Mark ends the week on 39 points.

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      40, even.

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

      Still time.....

  8. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    United and Burnley in the DGW. They can't even beat Newcastle or West Brom...

  9. Openboxman
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Took captaincy off son for salah.

    One of the many decisions that had backfired this season.

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Fixtures...

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

    So everyone sell Salah for KDB for DGW and Egyptian rips it up with KDB blanking

    You know the drill

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Can't next GW as Salah has a blank.

  11. The Train Driver
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Thiago and Mane should both have RCs by now, Liverpool favoritized again by the refs.

  12. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I have 81 points.
    My cup opponent is getting Forster off the bench for 83 points.

    1. Fred54
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Poor from you.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Poor from you!

    2. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Hope he wins. No offence.

  13. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Saints defence is really fixture proof

  14. The Senate
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ref giving liverpool so many small subtle favours, not booking dives, letting innocuous fouls on soton players go, yet all LIV fans are 'wE sHoUlD hAvE pEnAlTy'

    1. BenDavies
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      this.

    2. Supersonic Marv'
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Not all Liverpool fans. A couple on this site.

      1. Zladan
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        You should see Twitter lol

        1. Supersonic Marv'
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Twitter does not represent any community or demographic except for the idiot fraternity.

          1. Old Man
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            No wonder Trump uses it heavily, then.

          2. AC/DC AFC
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Quite widely too!!

      2. The Senate
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        just the mouthy ones from surrey! I will admit every fanbase has some ok sense-talkers, Liverpool included

    3. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Take the blinkers off mate.

  15. Gentle_Turks
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Want to add another GW18 defender to replace Lampty. Who's your pick? Saiss? Tierney or Holding? Wan-Bissaka (nice GW20 fixture)?
    NOT bench boosting in GW19 and current defence is Dias, Cancelo, Coufal, Taylor and Lampty.

    1. Zladan
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      AWB seems sensible. Plays both 18 & 19 and had favourable fixtures.

      1. Gentle_Turks
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah true. I won't play him in GW19, and I'm not bench boosting but, as he plays twice in 19, he would be a nice security in case one of my defenders get injured between now and then.

  16. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    This has cheered me up after my rival getting Soucek for Adams

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      So did mine - my pesky son. (who has now overtaken me)

  17. BenDavies
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    If there is justice in the world KWP will get his BAP

  18. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Just null and void the season. Bobb was right

  19. Casual Player
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Man Utd being favoured by refs yet again in this one

    1. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yup.

  20. Random Name
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I've watched the premier league long enough to know Andre Marriner is a man utd fan

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Who's his favourite player?

  21. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pool only 1 SOT all night

  22. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is it just me or have Southampton not been particularly offensive recently?

    1. TRIPOS TOPPER
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      not much but very solid

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

    I'm selling Salah and Robbo this week. I've had enough 🙂

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Back in GW19? 😛

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Tough call with a blank coming up for Liverpool

  24. TRIPOS TOPPER
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    honestly Soton, Villa, West Ham defence this season the way forward value wise

    spend the cash further forward

  25. Bruce Lee
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    And it's Liiiiiiverrrrrpooooool

  26. Steve McCroskey
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I am convinced Martin Tyler is smoking a big old spliff in the commentary box, the only explanation for all this heavy inhaling

  27. Botman and Robben
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Oh well, out of the cup.

  28. DA Minnion (Former great)
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I'm fuming that liverpool didn't get a couple of those pens. I needed the Forster points.

  29. ivantys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    KWP inexperienced, could have gotten Mane sent off.

  30. Right In The Stanchion
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Is it still silly to not get Salah for the DGW?

    I can’t get both Salah and De Bruyne and Kevin’s fixtures are better.

    1. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm thinking of getting rid.

      1. Nomar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Me too.

        Can't beat West Brom, that's pretty poor.