The Dugout Discussion - Gameweek 1 - Man United vs Swansea - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

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Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	85.6%	Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	95.0%	Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	94.6%	Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	91.4%	Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	93.2%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	84.5%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	83.8%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	83.8%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	86.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	62.2%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	72.8%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	77.6%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	68.8%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	68.3%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	66.6%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.9%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	72.5%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	68.4%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.7%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	61.3%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.6%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	57.1%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	51.1%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	25.8%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	55.1%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.9%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	52.8%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	28.9%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	51.0%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	29.2%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	48.1%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	48.2%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.7%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	42.4%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	9.3m	17.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	40.7%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	30.0%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.3%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	100.3%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	100.2%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	100.1%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	75.3%	Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.1%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	100.0%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	98.3%	Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	85.8%	Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.0%	Very Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.7%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	96.7%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	100.0%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	96.1%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	94.1%	Maybe
Irving	WHU	4.4m	89.8%	Maybe
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	93.0%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	89.9%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.6%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.1%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.4%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	85.1%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	90.7%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	88.0%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	90.2%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	87.2%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	78.2%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	82.3%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	92.1%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	74.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.6%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	84.5%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	84.3%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	88.0%	Unlikely
Bevan	BOU	3.9m	83.0%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

Dugout Discussion

The Dugout Discussion – Gameweek 1 – Man United vs Swansea

16 August 2014 2747 comments

Mark

And we’re underway. All our deadlines have passed and the season is here. It all starts at Old Trafford.

Normally the home of trophies and glory, this season United will host teams bereft of silverware but still buoyant, thanks to the Louis van Gaal revolution.

There’s room for optimism. A goal-strewn pre-season accompanied by all the right noises from the manager carries United into an opening day clash with Swansea who are asked to take up the role of sitting ducks. However, the visitors will have other ideas. With the bulk and pace of Wilfried Bony and Bafétimbi Gomis at their disposal, Garry Monk’s side have the weapons to disrupt a make-shift United back-line. It’s going to be interesting.

There should be goals. There should be points. Our expectations are raised by the fact that the world and his wife have the armband on Mr Rooney. The familiar tide of joy and frustration is just minutes away.

Fantasy Football and The Dugout Discussion has returned and it feels good. Enjoy the game.

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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
How's Siggy playing?
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1. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Very involved
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2. Jebiga
  11 years, 4 months ago
  alredy assist
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3. Sess!
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Looks like he's gonna be a steal for £6m
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Obi Wan Elokobi
11 years, 4 months ago
And points on the bench begins.
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1. Bøwstring The Carp
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Why would you bench Sigurdsson? He's Swansea's key man against a crap Utd defence?
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  1. Konig Luther
    11 years, 4 months ago
    exactly
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@FuzzyWarbles
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy on my bench. but i DO own him.

Still, amazing how I have to experience pain right out of the chute.

DAMN IT.
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1. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 4 months ago
  And now everyone will jump on him and you won't be able to enjoy his points either.
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  1. @FuzzyWarbles
    11 years, 4 months ago
    i
    
    am
    
    CURSED!!!!!
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2. Del Griffith
  11 years, 4 months ago
  why bench an attacking mid? asking for pain really
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A.T
11 years, 4 months ago
Cue Captain Hindsight on Siggy's away points.
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1. Jairzinho
  11 years, 4 months ago
  The choices available in the United defence say it all.
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Mr_Partridge
11 years, 4 months ago
Swansea look confident here. If they get another United are done
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OptimusBlack
11 years, 4 months ago
No Hendo or Young It's all about Siggy
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Captain Shirokov
11 years, 4 months ago
Rooney (c) going well 🙂
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Rupert The Horse
11 years, 4 months ago
Woh, Baps are going crazy.
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Willis.
11 years, 4 months ago
Cracking finish
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Zep
11 years, 4 months ago
♫Sacked in the morning... he's getting sacked in the morning.♫

lol
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vice
11 years, 4 months ago
LOL @ people who rotate mids and attackers
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1. Lord Flashheart
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Lol at your little weewee
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Hazard for Ballon D'or
11 years, 4 months ago
Only one in my league without a united defender. Thanks ffs
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Son is Rising
11 years, 4 months ago
Bony is such a tank
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SW6
11 years, 4 months ago
All you Siggy - Bojan rotators, we tried to warn you 😉
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1. PB-THE-VET
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Their own fault
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 4 months ago
Benched Naylor too. Nailed on for a CS
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Call Me Old Fashioned
11 years, 4 months ago
Arse, I did Siggy--->Arnie last night.

And DDG CS gone.
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Obi Wan Elokobi
11 years, 4 months ago
I've been slated for saying United won't be as good as everyone expects yes they have RVP coming back but it's the same team as last year.
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dribbler
11 years, 4 months ago
bps so ki goes from nowhere to a big lead and siggi equal second
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Makes goalscorers more valuable.
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Hibbopotamus
11 years, 4 months ago
The Siggy faith pays off! Real shocker there.
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Fudge
11 years, 4 months ago
Benched Michu when he had his debut for swansea 2 (?) seasons ago. Its all flooding back
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Super John McGinn-
11 years, 4 months ago
Never bench Siggy
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Jafooli
11 years, 4 months ago
Siggy 2 baps 😎
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Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
11 years, 4 months ago
Best replacement for phil jones?..
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1. Jairzinho
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Rojo
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2. gravless
  11 years, 4 months ago
  🙂
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3. UnderstandablyDistraught
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Noddy
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4. Red Devil Swede
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Knee-jerk a lot?
  At least wait for the game to end.
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Sarnab
11 years, 4 months ago
http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/08/moses-moves-to-stoke.html?WT.mc_id=social_20140816_29895206

Moses to stoke confirmed
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All Out Attack
11 years, 4 months ago
Wayne,... Juan,...come on lads. The team depends on you.
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Zep
11 years, 4 months ago
I still can't get my head around the 3x BPS...
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PB-THE-VET
11 years, 4 months ago
Idiots with bojon 🙂

And moses coming in too. Shortest bandwagen in history
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1. Sess!
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Agree....although idiots is bit harsh.
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2. mouldy_uk
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I would save the gloating until Stoke have played at least 90 minutes
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  1. Gaz Downright
    11 years, 4 months ago
    10*
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3. For Fuchs Sake
  11 years, 4 months ago
  How do you know this, you're the idiot....... idiot!!! Stupid comment!
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Rödallegabomb ᴿᴮ
11 years, 4 months ago
Oh shit just realised. DDG fail 🙁
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1. Arse Craic
  11 years, 4 months ago
  He'll save a pen to make up for it.
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mouldy_uk
11 years, 4 months ago
Why did I captain Rooney, my gut said 'never captain a saturday mid-day player' but I said no gut I shall ignore you 🙁
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Willis.
11 years, 4 months ago
Lol Januzaj trying to look badass with the new haircut
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1. Bellerinmondo
  11 years, 4 months ago
  and Naylor!
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