Dugout Discussion

Zouma, James and Werner on Chelsea’s bench at Fulham as Lampard rotates

Frank Lampard has caused some Double Gameweek 19 rotation grief with his team selection for Saturday’s trip to Fulham.

Kurt Zouma (£5.8m) and Reece James (£5.1m) are currently owned by 21.5% and 7.4% of all Fantasy Premier League managers respectively but they both find themselves on the bench at Craven Cottage.

There is more surprise about the former considering he has started 13 of the last 14 Premier League matches while James is making his return from a recent knee problem.

Instead, Lampard has gone with a central defensive pairing of Thiago Silva (£5.6m) and Antonio Rüdiger (£4.5m) while Ben Chilwell (£6.1m) and Cesar Azpilicueta (£5.6m) staff the full-back berths.

Kai Havertz (£8.2m), Timo Werner (£9.2m), Callum Hudson-Odoi (£5.7m) and Tammy Abraham (£7.2m) are also on Chelsea’s bench as Christian Pulisic (£8.2m) and Hakim Ziyech (£8.1m) flank Olivier Giroud (£6.7m).

Fulham come into this London derby without Aleksandar Mitrovic (£5.5m) so Ademola Lookman (£5.0m), Ivan Cavaleiro (£5.3m) and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (£5.3m) make up the front-three.

André-Franck Zambo Anguissa (£4.5m) and Harrison Reed (£4.4m) are in central midfield with Antonee Robinson (£4.4m) and Kenny Tete (£4.3m) in the wing-back positions either side of the back-three.

Fulham XI (3-4-3): Areola; Adarabioyo, Andersen, Aina; A Robinson, Zambo Anguissa, Reed, Tete; Lookman, Cavaleiro, De Cordova-Reid.

Chelsea XI (4-3-3): E Mendy; Chilwell, T Silva, Rüdiger, Azpilicueta; Mount, Jorginho, Kovacic; Pulisic, Giroud, Ziyech.

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

    Lookman YC

    1. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I need more speed

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

    Lookman YC

  3. Paqueta Rice
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Azpi ffs go down if you need to emphasise the foul but stop the theatrics. So bloody annoying

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

      United fan... 😆

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Lol

      2. Paqueta Rice
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Salah is worse than any united player

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

          Daniel James Diving Masterclass is up for subscription. Anthony Martials “You didn’t touch this, but I’m on the floor anyway” was a hit single. Marcus Rashford’s book “Mourinho told me to be ‘savvy’” is a current best seller for all wannabe divers.

          1. Paqueta Rice
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Also, I was only complaining about the way Azpilicueta was carrying on tonight, which I think we can all agree is annoying. Shots were fired at me first 😆

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

              But you support the biggest diving cheats in the league. So best not. No doubt the check arrived at Stockley and it’ll be the 85th penalty of the season tomorrow.

              1. Paqueta Rice
                • 3 Years
                3 years, 2 months ago

                Ah well, your entitled to your opinion. Here’s hoping buddy would be great!!

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

    2. deathcabofdevil
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Been taking acting classes lately

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

    This Fulham team is full of Master League players from PES6..

  5. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Where is my Chilly assist? absolute farce ...

    1. zotter
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Agree. That has to be an assist surely

    2. moment
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Saka still got credited a goal that was obviously a cross

      1. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Lol.

        Apples and pears.

        But wasn’t an assist anyway

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

      Refresh.

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

        😛 robbed of a choupo assist few seasons back and now chilly... justice for choupo and chilly...

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

          Choupo 🙁 still too soon, Chucky.

  6. Party time
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Lookman 🙁

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

        Look man...

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

      Dave definitely has a future career on stage.

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        *in a pool

    • zotter
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Bench boost been total disaster

      Wood. Bamford. Dallas blanks

      Wood v Liverpool away to come

      No playing keeper

      Oh well.... I’ll get 8 points hopefully. Only ten down v a “good” BB

      1. BeWater
        • 3 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I got 3 points from my bench boost last year. The most annoying chip by far.

        1. zotter
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          The most overrated. You might make 20 but make sub optimal transfers to set it up. So a net +10 is a good result

          1. BeWater
            • 3 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            That's the thing. The amount of funds it can take from your first 11 makes it a red herring.

          2. moment
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Fwiw I think TC is the most overrated, because you'd always captain the player you put it on anyway...
            BB can be powerful (got 39 points out of it a few seasons ago) if you get it totally right, but yes, the fiddling around to line up the team for it costs you.

      2. Baps hunter
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Used with sgw players you can't expect 20 pts.

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

          Worked well with Doherty and Jimenez last season

        2. zotter
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Expected 15. 4 to 7 from Wood. And a return from one of the Leeds players.

    • Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Areola needs a pen save here. Or at least one more save

    • thegaffer82
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Funny how far backwards Werner has gone. He was absolutely fantastic for Leipzig. Started fairly brightly for Spurs and grabbed a couple of goals. Then he moved towards still getting in good positions but wasting his chances and getting the odd assist.

      Now he’s just rubbish.

      Questions need to be asked of Frank!

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

        His time at Spurs is highly underrated I reckon.

      2. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        * Spurs should be Chelsea obvs

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

        The Premier League is a tough place to shine when even the teams at the bottom are not rubbish.

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

          This. Ppl underestimate that you have to put in 120% every game in the premier league whereas in other leagues you can basically just play 80% and win.

      4. deathcabofdevil
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Cause he's not playing against farmers now.

    • Fudgy
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks for getting paid 200k a week to kick a ball

      1. Steve The Spud
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Yea, that was over the top

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

      There’s a guy called Tchaptchet on the Southampton bench today. Wonder if he’s on snapchat?

      1. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Sounds like an Egyptian Pharoah

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

        Sounds like a French medieval weapon

    • ivantys
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      3 straight games ending with 1 goal. Low scoring GW awaits.

    • Gobigorgohome
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Pathetic Chelsea time wasting against 10 man Fulham

    • Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      decided to keep kane and not transfer for vardy, bit worried now...

      1. thegaffer82
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I thought about it too. But the -4 it would have cost swayed me to keeping.

        For free id have probably done it

        1. Ajax Hamsterdam
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          would have been for free too. glad i have 2fts now though 🙂

    • matiakez
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Oh Ademola 🙁

    • Don Kloppeone
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Assuming Johnstone can’t play 2nd match, a bench boost totalling 6 points on the bench has to be the worst I’ve ever had.

      This game keeps on giving

      1. zotter
        • 14 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        I’m on 6 with Wood away to Liverpool to come. In your boat basically.

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Oh my story is of far deeper woes. I took a -8 hit that actually transpired to be a -12 hit (totally ballsed up my selection on mobile app) to set up for the BB....

          Likely to be one of my biggest fails in my 8 years of playing the game

      2. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        My cousin played his bench boost a few years ago and not one of his bench played a single minute of football.

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Was your cousin an avid player though?

          I’ve just had an absolute mare of a week

          1. Cilly Bonnolly
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Nah not really but it was still funny as f**k.

      3. Neves say Neves
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Same buddy, doesn’t feel great

        1. Don Kloppeone
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Oh well. At least:

          1. The headache of BB is over for this season
          2. Areola didn’t just get a CS

    • Steve The Spud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Werners confidence in the toilet

      1. badgerboy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Turning into a quick Morata.

      2. Meinhoff
        • 11 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        It's not confidence, he's just that bad

    • CloudSky
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      One more save please Kepa lite.

    • _Ninja_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Azpi, great strike.

      1. Ze_Austin
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        A pilot might catch it

    • Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Why isn’t Meslier flagged on FPL site. Has he already recovered?

    • Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Every time werner gets the ball u k ow youre going to get a laugh

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

      I benched Che for Bamford.

      Now watch Adams haul.

    • Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Sky shot

    • Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Park that bus Chelsea

    • Pep Roulette
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I can't see Werner starting against Leicester.

    • Nimby
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Chelsea are crap. Chilwell the only decent asset.

    • Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Azpi :facepalm:

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

      Sterling sighting at Craven Cottage.

    • beso
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Wtf I'm terrified of Chilwill assist that I can't stop refreshing

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

        Keep going man. It's only a matter of time.