Dugout Discussion

Man City stick with false nine in first game without KDB

Raheem Sterling (£11.5m), the in-form Phil Foden (£6.3m) and Riyad Mahrez (£8.1m) start in a front three for Manchester City in their first game without the injured Kevin De Bruyne (£11.9m).

Popular budget midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (£5.6m) is part of a midfield three, with Rodri (£5.4m) and Bernardo Silva (£7.4m).

John Stones (£5.1m) and Ruben Dias (£5.9m) hope to continue their impress partnership at centre-back, with Joao Cancelo (£5.8m) and Oleksandr Zinchenko (£5.5m) at full-back.

Ederson (£6.0m) continues in goal.

Callum Robinson (£5.4m) is back up front for Sam Allardyce’s West Brom side.

Big Sam will be hoping Matheus Pereira (£5.6m) can continue his good form, alongside Karlan Grant (£5.8m), Robert Snodgrass (£5.7m), Jake Livermore (£4.7m) and Romaine Sawyers (£4.8m) in midfield.

Semi Ajayi (£4.8m) lines-up at centre-back with Dara O’Shea (£4.3m), with Kieran Gibbs (£4.3m) at left-back and Darnell Furlong (£4.5m) at right-back. Sam Johnstone (£4.5m) is in goal.

In the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang £11.3m), Alexandre Lacazette (£8.3m) starts up-front for Arsenal.

Bukayo Saka (£5.3m), Emile Smith Rowe (£4.5m) and Nicolas Pepe (£7.6m) are supporting Lacazette.

Granit Xhaka (£5.2m) and summer signing Thomas Partey (£4.9m) start in centre midfield.

With Kieran Tierney (£5.4m) missing through injury, Cedric Soares (£4.6m) starts at left-back, opposite Hector Bellerin (£5.1m).

Rob Holding (£4.5m) and David Luiz (£5.4m) line-up at centre back, with Bernd Leno (£5.0m) in goal.

Danny Ings (£8.3m) and Che Adams (£6.0m) are the Saints’ chosen front two, with Theo Walcott (£5.8m) and Stuart Armstrong (£5.5m) out wide.

Set piece specialist James Ward-Prowse (£6.1m) is in central midfield with Ibrahima Diallo (£4.5m).

With both first choice full-backs missing, Yann Valery (4.7m) starts at right-back, with Jake Vokins (£3.9m) at left-back. Jan Bednarek (£4.9m) and Jake Stephens (£4.6m) continue at centre-back. Alex McCarthy (£4.7m) is in goal.

Man City XI: Ederson; Cancelo, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Gundogan, Rodri, Mahrez; Bernardo, Foden, Sterling

West Brom XI: Johnstone; Furlong, Ajayi, O’Shea, Gibbs; Snodgrass, Sawyers, Livermore, Grant, Pereira; Robinson

Southampton XI: McCarthy; Valery, Stephens, Bednarek, Vokins; Diallo, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Walcott; Ings, Adams

Arsenal XI: Leno; Bellerin, David Luiz Holding, Cedric Soares; Xhaka, Partey; Saka, Smith Rowe, Pepe; Lacazette

2,297 Comments Post a Comment
  1. moment
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo making up for Soucek first on bench

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

      Yes plus cancelo. Loving it

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

    For those who sold Soucek for Gundogan, does it feel justified now or does the greed set in and you wonder whether you should have sold Son instead?

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

      Starting to thing grealish to gundo was the move I should have done.

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

      Happy I have Son but not going to lie I was really sweating my Soucek to Gundo move about an hour ago!

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

      Should of triple captained

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

      Feel better now

  3. Scholes Out For Summer
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo omg

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

    Champions elect in full flow!

  5. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    So much overthinking on here..... KDB to gundo - simples.

    1. Bobby Reds
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      I did KDB & Ampadu to Zaha and Cancelo 🙂

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

      Can I borrow your hindsight goggles please

  6. Danno - Emre Canada
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Where’s that Gundo trap?

  7. Scots Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I made some bad calls this week. Bad calls

  8. Cantona's Kung Fu Kick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    who needs KDB?

  9. Jimmy Boy
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Regretting not doing Neto > Gundo for a hit second week in a row...

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

    OMFG

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

    I’m actually glad now i took Gundo in for a hit for Soucek even though I’m still behind.

  12. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo very credible captain option this weekend.

  13. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Well, at least KdB > Gundo worked out.

  14. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Hopefully Sterling subbed off at HT 😉

  15. Stormbringer22
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    I have peaked in my FPL career this week. I am done 😀 GET IN!!!!!

  16. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Who needs Soucek when you’ve got Gundo!

  17. tbos83
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundoooooooo!!!!

  18. REDMOND IN SANDALS
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    i came don't @ me

  19. UKG
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gundo in for a hit fully justified

  20. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ouch, no Gundo or Cancelo will be a mega rank killer. Roll on the weekend 🙁

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

    I could actually cry.

    1. Miguel Sanchez
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Sad tears or happy tears?

    2. Coys96
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Same, took out Soucek for Foden. Was a toss up between that and Coufal to Cancelo.

  22. Freshy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Raphinha out for Gundog felling better

  23. DropkickMurphys
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Gündoğan scored just like the other week... followed the ball and created his own chance!

    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Lampard style

  24. Sean
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    It’s brilliant but 3-0 up with 60 mins to go makes me think they’ll concede

  25. DMP
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    That’s it. I’ll bite my bullet and transfer out Sterling for Gundo tonight.

    Painful.

    1. FPL_Crisis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 2 months ago

      Yep feel like doing it at HT

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

    My H2H rival is on 58pts already

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

      How many are you on?

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

        13.

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

    Stick to the boring and obvious this season

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

    Gundo not getting a hatty now would be a big fail.

  29. Muchentuchel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Any chance to get Gündogan from the 1st bench pos.?
    Any games possibly to be called off?

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

      I've got the phone number of a Zambian Witch Doctor but it's gonna cost you. 😀

  30. FFSbet.com
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Ohh well need 4th City spot for Gundo