Dugout Discussion

Mane, Matip and Pogba benched as Man Utd host Liverpool in Gameweek 9

In the final match of Gameweek 9, Manchester United host Liverpool in a mouth-watering clash at Old Trafford.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

Manchester United make three changes from Gameweek 8, with Marcus Rashford (£9.4m), Fred (£4.9m) and Scott McTominay (£5.4m) replacing Nemanja Matic (£4.5m), Paul Pogba (£7.6m) and Jadon Sancho (£9.0m).

Bruno Fernandes (£11.8m) also starts despite heading into the game as a doubt.

For Liverpool, Sadio Mane (£11.9m) drops to the bench with Joel Matip (£5.0m).

As a result, Diogo Jota (£7.5m) starts in attack alongside Mohamed Salah (£12.8m) and Roberto Firmino (£8.9m), while Ibrahima Konate (£5.1m) partners Virgil van Dijk (£6.6m) in defence.

Curtis Jones (£5.0m) is a substitute having missed the last two games with a groin injury, but Fabinho (£5.4m) and Thiago (£5.3m) miss out completely.


GAMEWEEK 9 LINE-UPS

Man Utd XI: de Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Fred, McTominay, Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford, Ronaldo

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Lingard, Matic, Pogba, van de Beek, Cavani, Sancho

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Milner, Keita, Salah, Jota, Firmino

Subs: Adrian, Mane, Gomez, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Minamino, Tsimikas, Origi, Matip

1,880 Comments Post a Comment
  1. ANGRY PERSON
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Liverpool is going easy now. If this was Bayern they'd absolutely kill them

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      When was the last time Bayern put 5 past united

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

      We're in total shock because of Keita. He's the most importand CM at the moment.

  2. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    TAA close 🙁

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

    And poor old Scholes thought the video of him nibbling his daughter's toes was the worst thing to happen to him today...

  4. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    C'mon TAA. Need a goal from.him

  5. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    DDG best United player

    1. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I mean, conceding 5 doesn't look great on him either, regardless of one or two good saves.

  6. Optimus.
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    If Utd were to score now it would make for an exciting last 20 min

    1. Egg noodle
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ole preparing for his usual 'amazing comeback' interview

      1. Licky
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        "The team showed great fight to not concede again after the red card..."

    2. Rankbajin
      • 2 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Not even Roy of the Rovers could turn this around for man United

  7. tiger
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah hungry for more

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Good! Go on my sweet captain.

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Lukaku (c), Jota -> Vardy, Havertz (c) anyone?

  8. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Cardiff need a new manager, wonder if they'd take Ole back?

    1. 'Broadsword Calling Da…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You copied this comment from the BBC website, meh!

  9. balint84
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    First week without C Salah. Thats a joke. 🙁

    1. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      how could you?

    2. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Did it last week. Lesson duly learned, put it straight back on Salah last Sunday and keeping it there.

  10. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Hope those Manchester "fans" that wanted to lose are happy now. Idiotic.

  11. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    All things considered 24 will feel like a Salah captain fail...

    What could have been 🙁

    1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Could have been 48

    2. Cok3y5murf
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      True. Not a single goal against 10 men

      1. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Compassionate.

      2. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        What team do you support?

        1. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Neutral

          1. Pep bites Kun
            • 7 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            😉

    3. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yeh disaster lol

  12. Postman Ty
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    That Ronaldo goal would have been huge, as someone stuck with him who doesn't own TAA...

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You're lucky he wasn't sent off.

      1. Postman Ty
        • 9 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Ya that was spooky. To be fair he got all ball no man, but it was violent.

        1. Rainer
          • 7 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          On which kick?

          1. Postman Ty
            • 9 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Did you see the view from the correct side?

    2. FPLtfs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Can still happen.

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

      Same here. Give us a one before I sell him off haha.

    4. WVA
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Apologies mate but I still own Ron so no chance

  13. FPLtfs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    OX is the ugly duckling in this LFC side. He can’t keep up.

  14. Jonesfromthere
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Did everyone captain Salah?

    1. Danno - Emre Canada
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nope, not me, Jesus ☹️

  15. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    103 pts and counting 😛

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Delicious

    2. dshv
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Same

  16. WVA
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Desperately need one from Ronaldo

  17. Gross Blank Point
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I don'r have Trent so that Liverpool CS on 60 mins knocked me from a 7% green arrow to a 9% red one.
    Need it gone

  18. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    TAA is on a bap now, his goal will be added soon and a 2nd bap

    1. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      *assist and cs

  19. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Imagine having Blankaku stuck on your bench.

  20. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Firmino blanking here is peak FPL Firmino.

    1. The Ilfordian
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes, red hot FPL a week ago and now doing a Havertz during a rout

  21. Zilla
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    But seriously though how can one match make -700k rank change rofl

  22. Egg noodle
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Salah is one goal away from a new FPL record single game score?

    1. Big boy Bowen
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      2 goals

  23. Make United Great Again
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Surely Ole can’t survive this?

    1. Rainer
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      A freak result. More time needed.

    2. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Can’t see it

    3. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Steve Bruce waiting in the wings.

  24. Ivan Toney Soprano
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    If your first sub doesnt play, does he still get subbed in if someone in your starting 11 didn't play? Or will it go to second sub?

    Got Dennis as second sub on bench, if hes subbed in I'm looking at my first 120+ score outside of a double gw

    1. caldracula
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      It will be the first sub that has played.

    2. badgerboy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Depends. If the player in your team and the first sub were both defenders then it'll be third sub.

      1. Ivan Toney Soprano
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks guys

        Player subbed out is a defender, first sub is a defender, but I played 4 at the back so should still be valid formation if Dennis is subbed in right?

        1. badgerboy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah you get the jammy Dennis points 😉

          1. Ivan Toney Soprano
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 3 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Ah yay! Thank you

  25. caldracula
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    I take it 100+ points is going to be fairly common this week?

    1. Dreaming of glory
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I thought so but only need and 1 other in a semi competitive ml managed it. A good few in 80s though so probably be alot there or there abouts

    2. Dammit_182
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yes. Like week 1, where I didn’t have Bruno and captained mane instead of salah. It meant everyone has 40/50 points head start on me. This week I’ll get 90 with bps if Liverpool keep the clean sheet. And still lose ground.

  26. lordkippe
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Shaw looks good value.

  27. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Funny as no one boasted about their points about 90 minutes ago lol.

  28. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    At least Salah (C) has reduced my rank drop to about 11% now. It was 110% yesterday.

  29. JONALDINHO
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    That Pogba challenge was outrageously bad. Hope Keita is fine. Pogba had clear intent to do damage their. Disgraceful

  30. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    1 Trent return could make this into an almost unimaginable green arrow