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The Dugout Discussion – Tuesday

Just two days after the previous Gameweek came to its conclusion, the domestic action rumbles on again as Fantasy managers brace themselves for another quick turnaround in fixtures. Gameweek 25 gets underway this evening with a quartet of matches to attract our attention, with Alexis Sanchez’ return for Arsenal at the top of many agendas.

After tasting defeat to bitter rivals Spurs at the weekend, the Gunners are looking for home comforts to bounce back immediately. Arsene Wenger’s side have won each of their last five at the Emirates and Sanchez, with four goals and as many assists in his last four home appearances, leads the way in this week’s Captain Poll, though Olivier Giroud owners have been dealt a blow after the Frenchman dropped to the bench.

Four of the bottom seven do battle in the other two 7.45pm matches. Hull will be buoyed by their battling draw away to City last time out, whilst visitors Villa will be looking to kick on after finally ending their six-match drought with a goal at home to Chelsea on Saturday afternoon.

Sunderland will fancy their chances of getting one over QPR at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats kept chalked up a 2-0 win over Burnley in their last home match and with the likes of Charlie Austin sidelined through injury, Costel Pantilimon and Patrick van Aanholt’s owners will be confident of getting amongst the points. Jermain Defoe’s two goals and an assist in three for the Wearsiders has earned him almost 130,000 new owners as Gus Poyet’s side look to take advantage of their visitors’ injury-hit rearguard.

Liverpool and Spurs go head-to-head at Anfield in the evening’s only 8pm kick-off. Raheem Sterling has failed to recover from a knock, though Daniel Sturridge starts for the home side after a handful of recent sub appearances. For the unchanged visitors, Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen tasked with breaching a backline that’s chalked up four straight shut-outs after the goalless draw at Goodison on Saturday evening.

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  1. The Machine
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Haha wtf balotelli could have simply passed it with his right foot

  2. Sif
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Chadli a brilliant examples of a hot & cold, chasing points transfer. Have had him twice this season and done nothing.

    1. Woy of the Wovers
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Which points are you chasing?

      1. Sif
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Don't own him now, but he had a couple hot spells where I'm sure many jumped on only to be disappointed.

  3. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    anyone have that website with the strange URL that graphically shows all the players' scores and the predicted baps?

      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        yes! thanks 🙂

  4. Not Irish
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Balol showboating ineffectively

  5. Gooner97
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Average prediction?

    1. Randy_Marsh
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Who cares

      1. Gooner97
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Marry Xmas

    2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      2?

      1. Nobodinho
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        😆

    3. Red Star Toro
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      About 20?

    4. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      hopefully 7

    5. UnderstandablyDistraught
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      12 overall and 20 in top 1K

      1. Camp No No
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Maybe the other way around, even.

      2. Camp No No
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        All the dead teams with Studge or Balo. On the other hand, the top1K has Kane.

    6. Tony Warner Fan Club
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      shocking

    7. Shifty
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      102

    8. Royal5
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      -4

  6. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Philips bandwagon anyone 😀 !

  7. Stats Don\'t Lie
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    What are the expectations for average score. About 15pts?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Get outta here

      1. Red Star Toro
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Don't worry, your score will double with Silva 2-pointer tomorrow

        1. Jax
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          4-0 city. bookmark this. aguero hattie.

  8. Somalion
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    #BalofortheGoldenBoot

  9. cjw176
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Please help me choose between these two moves. I'm stuck!

    A Forster + Bellarin
    or
    B Ospina + Jagielka

  10. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    The technique and precision in Balotellis finish there. It has to be up for goal of the month. If not season.

    1. Not Irish
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Aye. A yard further from goal and it's in the stands. Amazing.

      1. Obi Wan Elokobi
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Almost as good as Kuyts hat trick against you lot.

        1. Not Irish
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Never as good as Berba's against yous though.

    2. UnderstandablyDistraught
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      will probably be used in the trailer when they make Balo- the movie

  11. Shifty
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Aguero's gonna get a hatty tomorrow isn't he?

    🙁

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      *hammy injury

    2. Canadian Football
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      it is in the cards

  12. Pompel
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Tomorrow we'll all be lol'ed by Hazard and Aguero captainers 🙁

    1. Bubz
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      🙁

    2. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Don't forget Silva owners

      1. Pompel
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        own him 😉

    3. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Captained Özil and have both Haz and Kun. Bring on the LOLs!!

  13. Ser Football 42
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Need Aguero and hazard to go off

    1. Ruth_NZ
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Good luck on that. 😉

  14. Tony Warner Fan Club
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Can we change topic and talk about Spider-man appearing in the Marvel films? That is bloody incredible and I'm pretty excited for it.

    1. FortunesAlwaysHiding
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      ?!? He's always been in the Marvel films.

      1. Tony Warner Fan Club
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        He was in Sony films, as a stand alone. He's joining the Avengers universe of films.

    2. inter the wild
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      yes, only the 6th spiderman film since 2002

    3. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      What other films would he be in???

      1. Tony Warner Fan Club
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        He'll appear in Captain America 3: Civil War, before presumably playing a part in Avengers 3: Infinity Wars.

  15. walkman666
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    My team is Harry Kane. I should just captain him every week (I didn't). Otherwise, I don't choose the right guys at the right time. Harry stays, Harry scores. I think he will out score my pix in gw27, too (extreme self deprecating sarcasm).

  16. Egg Fried Reus
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Without Kane I would have 5 points, still half my team played...

  17. liberalfamilia
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    weirdest gameweek ever. balo scores, many took a hit for blank sanchez, hull & qpr score twice and kept a cleansheet.. my head spinning

  18. BIG TONES
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Dat Sunderland defence double-up tho

  19. Herman Toothrot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Just noticed Girouds yellow...

    1. Jax
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      dunno why people have him.

  20. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    The average score will be Kane.

  21. coran2123
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Step aside CR7, you aren't keeping the Balo-n d'Or

  22. -KocH-
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Cazorla to walcott or sanchez?

    1. Voodoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Wally

      1. Jarvis
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        What about walcott or ozil?

  23. Syd.
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Kane booked

  24. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Kane yellow

  25. Jax
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    kane yc

  26. Nobodinho
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Kane booked 😀

  27. JWF
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Kane yellow tops off a miserable night.

  28. Sif
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    One successful hit has made me to confident these last to game weeks. Silva, Defoe 🙁

  29. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Everyone loses a point

  30. Red Star Toro
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    lol @Kane owners