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As a die hard Swansea, Hull, & Sunderland fan I hate it as they are utter gash in real life and at providing FPL points.

Nah. Doesn't have an affect. When Villa were in the Prem I knew just how terrible they were so it was easy to (C) players vs them.

As a true Bluenose from St Andrews I concur !

My team first. FPL is just a bit of fun for me. Not entirely bothered if it closed tomorrow.

Yes it makes things more difficult for me - for example I had Firmino As my vice when Liverpool played Swansea. I thought he was a good choice but couldn't handle if Liverpool lost but also my captain did nothing, especially an early kick off.

On another note up until recently my dad refused to have Liverpool players because he didn't want to jinx them or rely on that player for Liverpool to win.

I have never captained any player against Chelsea.

Fortunately for my FPL team I don't support Hull. 😉

As a Spurs fan deadened inside by decades of crushing disappointment it was a positive advantage to not want to compound the misery by picking any Spirs players for your fantasy team, until latter-day Bale.

I think I would.

My team Nottingham Forest have never been in the PL whilst I've played FPL.

I do find it easier being a neutral.

Objectivity is important

I still have Ibra in my team so maybe I do find it harder 😆

I try and keep the two separate but it doesn't always work that way. I was at Man United v Spurs two seasons ago when we won 3-0. I was down the Stretford End and we were already 3-0 up (I had Kane and Rose in FPL).

Rose played a nice through ball to Kane who was through on goal, a little part of me hoped he would score....he didn't.

I'd never want my team to lose because of FPL but I do sometimes hope for that perfect score, i.e if United win I want Ibra to be involved and perhaps we win 4-1 instead of 3-0 because I don't have a United defender.

Doesn't happen all the time but sometimes, I think it happens to most.

As a Pompey fan then the Premier League is unlikely to worry me any time soon. Like most Pompey fans however I do have a severe dislike of Southampton players however if they have great fixtures then I will add them to my team although I would still much rather they blanked every game as Reality > Fantasy for me.

I do know Spurs fans that will not pick Arsenal players and vi si Versa however that just seems pointless to me in even playing the game if you are limiting your player choice in the first place.

Liverpool fan here.
I've no issues bringing in or dropping players from any team, I'll ruthlessly go with form. I actually find myself watching more games as a result of fpl.
On the flip side, I felt chuffed to get through a season without using Man Utd players a couple of years back, but only realised the run in about gw thirty something.

It comes down to being realistic about my own teams strengths & weakness - ie. I'm unlikely to bring in any Lfc defence unless budget, fixtures & a little form help me out.

For me its like a must to get Chelsea players whenever I can. Had Costa Hazard since the beginning, now got 3 chelsea and cant find place to get Hazard as pedro is out. Got burnt last season for chelsea.

I am Manutd fan and I weirdly biased towards us not performing well and over-expecting from Liverpool of all clubs! So optimistic about porous Liv that even got Clyne!

With Brighton getting close to the Premier League in recent seasons through the play offs this question will one day affect me.

this season in particular my team have a very real chance to progress.

It will be tough I think at first and some bias may creep in but I hope in fantasy terms I see them for what they are - good source of cheap defenders, fourth mid and third striker.

Must. Resist. Captaining, Knockaert. 😉

Manchester United fans are placed 19th in FPL. Their most owned player is De Gea. Surely a problem here !

Source : https://www.premierleague.com/news/138341

If Leeds ever sort themselves out i see it as an advantage. good info on that team, its not as though we have any influence on what happens, more knowledge the better

Yes, Kept Ibra for so long and normally bench players who are playing United. Last season i benched Aguero against United and it worked out but it could have gone wrong.

Also in the 'keeping Ibra too long' camp but this was due to fixtures where I was sure a haul was incoming (Stoke, Burnley, Swansea at last yippee!).

Due to Utd not having much FPL prospects in recent times it's not been too much of a problem. Owning two Liverpool players this season though...must wash my mouth out.

Use to affect me in the past. Doesn't really now.
Got Ibra mostly due to high ownership and got rid pretty quickly too.
In the past though have been guilty of keeping some guys too long like Rooney last season beginning.
My bias though affected me in a different kind of way. Always avoided Gerrard Terry Suarez Lampard Tevez.
And avoiding Suarez in that season meant red arrows Gw after Gw.

I'm still haunted by the Luis Suarez days...

I've been at the Etihad for too many Aguero goals to consider selling him.

Most of my family are also die-hard City fans and they'd all agree that he's the best player to ever wear the shirt. It's hard to avoid giving him the captaincy every week.

Definitely. As a Newcastle fan it's been a tough time dealing with FPL allegiance-clashes the past couple of years, what with Newcastle's penchant for capitulation. Aguero against us last season...

Indeed, it was no more obvious than at the end of last season. I desperately wanted us to stay up, and Sunderland to go down, which made it awfully difficult to pick Sunderland players for the DGW in 37, even though they were good options.