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Dugout Discussion January 31

Mane’s absence explained as Klopp benches Firmino for trip to in-form West Ham

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Liverpool are without the services of Sadio Mane (£11.9m) for their match against West Ham United this afternoon, which kicks off at 16:30 GMT.

The Senegalese winger, who was transferred in by over 130,000 Fantasy Premier League managers following his 15-point haul in Gameweek 20, misses out with what Liverpool say is a “minor muscle injury”.

The Reds add that the problem is “expected to be only a short-term issue”.

His manager added ahead of kick-off:

In fact, only one of the Reds’ regular front three makes Jurgen Klopp’s starting XI today.

Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) is joined in the reigning champions’ attacking trident by Divock Origi (£5.2m) and Xherdan Shaqiri (£6.4m), with Roberto Firmino (£9.4m) only among the substitutes.

Along with the two changes to his front three, Klopp has replaced the injured Joel Matip (£5.4m) with Nat Phillips (£4.0m) at centre-half.

The Hammers are unchanged from the side that won 3-2 at Crystal Palace and David Moyes has even named the same nine substitutes from that victory.

West Ham United XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice, Soucek, Fornals, Bowen, Benrahma, Antonio.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Henderson, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Thiago, Shaqiri, Salah, Origi.

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  1. Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    5 captain fails in a row has seen me drop from 30k to 60k....so beware Son owners

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

      Still a great rank.

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  2. WE GO FOR IT
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Up 100k with those 2 Salah goals. Still a red but it's a 1k red now! Son should probably put me in green!

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  3. Plagued by indecision
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Pleased with Salah points but how many times is my VC going to score big while my C flops? This week Gundo (c), Salah (vc). Last: Bruno (c), Gundo (vc).

    I’ve had 3 captain successes all season: 2x Son, 1x Bruno. Absolutely hopeless!

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

      I’m with ya

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  4. mezza
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 2 months ago

    Bookies always know. Salah lowest odds of any player to score this week.

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  5. Party time
      3 years, 2 months ago

      64 pts with Son left. I’m absolutely buzzing right now.

      Sorry if I sound arrogant

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

        Well done

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      2. AC/DC AFC
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        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        Enjoy your party.

        Going to go out and celebrate?

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

        nice one

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

        That's pretty decent! Well done

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      5. jason_ni
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 2 months ago

        86(-8) with son to go..

        Looking like my best gw of the year.

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        1. Party time
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Wow

            Well done!

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

              Aye.. am buzzing lol! Heres hoping for a sonny hattie to finish it all off nicely!

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        2. Party time
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Cheers all

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        3. DRIZ ✅
          • 12 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Damn rival has Salah C

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

          Salah back on track for a 30 goal season!

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        5. Esalman
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Need another return from Coufal or Soucek for green arrow.

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

          Hoping for a Son haul to fully turn this game around

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          1. Thomas Shelby from Birmingh…
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Fingers crossed

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        7. Dash444
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Looks like I might have tied in the cup (barring a Robbo return which would send me through) , goal scored are the same, then it goes to goals conceded. If this is just goals conceded by the defenders/gk then this is the same aswell ....so then it’s virtual coin toss!!!!

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

          Salah close.

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

          Salah Capper Rejoice!!!!!

          WE LOVE TO SEE IT

          OH YES WE DO

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        10. Magic Zico
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 5 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Few weeks hard work has gone ... damn tough to climb back

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        11. COLLIN QUANER
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Well played all! I'm assuming we all captained Salah yeah?

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        12. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Captaining a cdm going through a purple patch rather than salah who is one of the most lethal players in the game was suggested by many of the Twitter experts

          Many paying the price

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

            Who did you captain though?

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            1. DRIZ ✅
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              He captained Mane

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          2. AC/DC AFC
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            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Depends who they captained the last 6 game weeks too.

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          3. Hybrid.power
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            • 14 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            You should have wrote it "experts"

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

            A player who hadn’t scored in 6 weeks against a very solid team too. Compared to a not-so-defensive mid v the bottom team

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          5. Marvin Moon
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Twitter experts is an oxymoron.

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          6. Cruyff Turn
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Nonsense... Gundogan had form, fixture and a rest in the previous game going for him. Hindsight...

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          7. Mr. O'Connell
            • 11 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Don't care. 3 point captain return is an absolute haul for me these days. I am chuffed with Gundo points.

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        13. DycheDycheBaby
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Another captain fail (DCL, and Salah VC) . I'm so bad this season

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        14. Marvin Moon
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Liverpool's corner taking has been piss poor recently.

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

          one more Salah pleaseeeee

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        16. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          6m GW rank yesterday

          50 points + Son today

          WE MOVE!

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

            What is this we move nonsense? GTFO with that bullsheet

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        17. Wolfman180
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          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Still fumin that I benched Soucek last week and benched Bamford this week

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

            Who are you benching next week? Asking for a friend

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            1. Wolfman180
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 2 months ago

              Playing bench boost at this rate! Haha

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

          From 13pts to 54 so far today!

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          1. AzzaroMax99
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            26 to 75 so far 😀

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          2. A.J.
            • 8 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Crazy day. 24 to 98.

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        19. Davros
          • 14 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          I would have captained Salah, but I read something about a witch doctor curse. Was that not real then?

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

            That curse ended last GW.....

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          2. Iwantmorepointsthanks
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            It had been "real", but it curse expired last week.

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

            It was very real

            Bit had expired

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          4. Lord.
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Forgot to renew the subscription.

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

          Last week had Bruno(C) - 2, Cancelo(VC) - 17
          This week Gundo(C) - 2, Salah(VC) - 15

          Last season all over again

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          1. DRIZ ✅
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 2 months ago

            Lmao

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

          Salah has absolutely saved my GW.

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        22. TheDragon
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          80 points and counting this week - wouldn’t have believed it after the City game yesterday

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        23. Reeker
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Bale s

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        24. Sailboats
          • 8 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Salah and Bamford punishing the doubters

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        25. Homer21
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Salah's goals cost me 10k places!

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

          Antonio off

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        27. Sim Simma
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          • 13 Years
          3 years, 2 months ago

          Antonio subbed

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