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11 March 2017 4265 comments
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A disrupted Gameweek 28 fixture list delivers just three matches for Saturday afternoon.

Much of our focus will be on the events at Goodison Park, with this week’s leader of the Captain Poll Romelu Lukaku in action against his former side West Bromwich Albion.

The Everton striker is the second most bought player this week, attracting over 363,000 new owners, having returned in each of his last four home outings. The Belgian will be seeking his 19th goal of the season which would represent his biggest ever Premier League season haul; it’s worth noting, however, that the Toffees have failed to score in their last three home encounters against the Baggies.

Swansea City’s Fernando Llorente was the major transfer bandwagon heading into Gameweeks 28 on the back of his brace in the 3-2 win over Burnley. His 375,000 new owners will be hoping he and Gylfi Sigurdsson can produce once again when the Swans travel to Hull City – the Icelander has produced returns in seven of his last eight Gameweeks.

Bournemouth will be looking to put an end to their run of eight matches without a win when they entertain West Ham United on the south coast.

Josh King, who has scored five goals in his last six appearances, could be the key man for the Cherries once again. Meanwhile, the Hammers will look to Andy Carroll and Michail Antonio to inflict the damage. Back from a one-match suspension, the latter will be hoping to end a run of eight matches without a goal – his longest dry spell of the season.

  1. diesel001
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 12 days ago

    Captaincy (Top 10k followed by Overall):

    Lukaku EVE 46.9%
    Mane LIV 28.9%
    Coutinho LIV 5.3%
    Firmino LIV 2.4%
    Llorente SWA 2.3%

    Lukaku EVE 17.6%
    Ibrahimovic MUN 14.8%
    Costa CHE 9.3%
    Mane LIV 8.2%
    Aguero MCI 7.8%

    https://fpldiscovery.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/1617-gw28-team-selection-and-stats/

    1. The Red Devil
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      I've captained kun, vice is lukaku

      1. Ziro
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Cue a Kun cameo.

      2. Venom Snake
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        You'll feel very stupid if Lukaku is injured in the warmup

        1. The Red Devil
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          With my current rank, I'll be fine with anything

  2. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 12 days ago

    How many players who you expected to play are not this week?
    Anyone got 4?

    1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      2. FM and Firmino

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      2

    3. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Expected 5. Got one of them in my team. 😉

    4. liiusions
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Naughton FM Brunt...

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Mate that's just unlucky.

    5. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Brunt

      Amat and Holgate as expected 😛

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        How could you not get rid this week of all weeks?

    6. WVA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      3 brunt rondon snod

  3. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 12 days ago

    AGEUROOOOOOO

  4. Ziro
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 12 days ago

    Don't cry for me Bruntinha.

    1. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Classic.

    2. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Come on Everton. Then Pulis will have to bring him on.

    3. Jay_
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Falkland benched?

    4. FortunesAlwaysHiding
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Bring in Luke Shaw for a draft league side guys? Or not worth it?

    5. Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 12 days ago

      Who is priority?

      Kane, Alli or Sanchez

      1. FortunesAlwaysHiding
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Kane

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Kane

      2. MTPockets
          9 years, 12 days ago

          kane

        • mojoindojo
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Kane

        • WVA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Kane

        • F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          kazza

        • SuperMario
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Kane

        • Greenbackbøøg…
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Kane

        • Venom Snake
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Kane the overwhelming champion.

          Thank you.

          1. Ha.
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Alli

            1. Venom Snake
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 12 days ago

              Damn I already pulled the trigger

      3. El-Kloppico
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        My ML leader is a pure genius!
        He's got Nyom, when I've gone Brunt!
        He's capped Kane when he got his Hatty and I kept the armband on Mané for a supposedly juicy fixtures against Swans..
        He's sold Ibra for Llorente when I kept my patience to keep Ibra against BOU, expecting a super haul!

        1. Ziro
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          But you are great in the Scout Picks. 😉

          1. El-Kloppico
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Really?

        2. Atwood
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Two "rival" posts in a row ha...

          1. El-Kloppico
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Casuals win 50% of the time.. And we're in the wrong 50% imo.

            1. Atwood
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 12 days ago

              Resolution for next season - unlearn all I know about FPL

      4. Atwood
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Guy at the top of my league is a casual and I swear he keeps getting lucky. That probably sounds bitter I know but this week is a good example. He has Aguero captain, with King as his vice. Unchaged since last week. I guarantee it works out.

      5. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Return of TrollKaku & the rise of the King 🙂

      6. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Rondon 🙄

        1. WVA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          10 weeks I've had him waiting for todays hattrick

      7. F4L
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Biggy Siggy day lads

      8. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        I did Brunt to Coleman for -4 last Monday. Feeling like a psychic

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          you stay with (C)outinho?

          1. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Yes

          2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            2299505 if you want to see, I may have benchwonkered wrong but I think I still get Lukaks right? Lol @ me

        2. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Just because you're damn good. There's nothing like luck/bad luck in this game.

      9. La Roja
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Koeman "it's a wrong game for Mori hence started Phil"

        lol

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Shoulda been Holgate 🙁

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          That went wring though. Now up against Robson-Kanu not Rondon

      10. WVA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Brunt >
        A. Valencia
        B. Vertongen

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Valencia, get kyle instead of Jan

        2. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Keep Brunt, keep in mind he's benched for this game, NOT NEXT!!!

          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            No thanks shocking fixtures and would be on my bench from now anyway.

      11. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Rondon 😎

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Watch him go on a goalstreak after this GW

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          If there was ever a case of form over fixtures - he is it. Get him out.

          1. WVA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Yep i shall never make this mistake again

      12. FFPro
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uQadSs7O8mB62NoLshCd_QHvrbAhENT5FPiF4NHW4js/edit#gid=591288862

        after going through this, I counted an expected 6.6 starting players this gw for top 10k. with an average of -3.2 in hits

      13. liiusions
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        This week is the decider for me if Trollkaku truly still is Trollkaku.

        Been very good to us the last few week, wouldn't it be just like him to be non existent the week we need him most?

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          He was fairly non-existent last weekend

        2. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          I think you need him next week. Hull are rubbish

      14. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Lukaku scored in all his home games so far in 2017

      15. ljuta zena
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Assuming line ups, it will be disastrofy 🙂

      16. Laurel and Vardy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Here we go. Good luck all!

      17. Pep says
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        So 2 weeks ago the Phillips rumour was true, today the Brunt rumour. Where are these rumours coming from???

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          WBA mole

        2. The Big Fella
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Which rumours?

      18. Viprin
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Are all managers anti-fpl?

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Conte is not.

        2. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Klopp is generally sound and reliable. Pulis is king troll.

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            I'll refer you to the DGWs last season...Klopp rotation single handedly de-railed my season last year 🙂

        3. El-Kloppico
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Pep is! The rest not so much.

      19. The Big Fella
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        So glad WHU have kept the 4231 formation with Lanzini as the 10. I gambled he would keep that formation by bringing in Lanzini over Antonio and he has.

        1. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          You're a pure genious!

          1. The Big Fella
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            That's how I dos mate

          2. The Big Fella
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Apparently not hahahahah

        2. WVA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Good choice, Lanzini is a better choice than Ant whatever formation though imo.

          1. The Big Fella
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Less chance to make an impact from deeper in the formtion though. He gets points for assists and goals.

          2. The Big Fella
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            Famous last words! Antonio goals. FML!

        3. Jazz!
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Erm. They are 4-4-1-1 with Antonio behind Carroll. Lanzini wide left.

          1. The Big Fella
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            I haven't got any kind of television subscrpition here so I am going off the BBC live blog frmation which shows him as a 10 and Antonio on the left. Gutted!

      20. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        No Rondon or Morrison. Brunt on pens then?

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          No Brunt either

          1. Fred54
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            McAuley on pens.

        2. WVA
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Chadli

        3. THFC4LIFE
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Chadli on pens

      21. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        lol at patient Rondon owners?

        1. Pep says
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Surely he's due next week?

        2. Dimen
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          I only got him a few weeks ago because of this GW, such a waste.

        3. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Whats another GW to hold... have to wait now after holding for 15GWs

      22. Differentiator
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Lukaku in the mood 😮

        1. Somalion
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          I'll get the lube

      23. fedolefan
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Lukaka you gotta shoot man.

      24. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Everton dangerous cross in from the LEFT... Not Baines no, still Coleman on the opposite side 🙁

        1. Differentiator
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Waiting for the pens 😎

      25. JustPark
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Kane playing against Millwall?

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Teams not out but I expect he will start

          1. JustPark
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            But it's Millwall..

            1. Pep says
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 12 days ago

              Keep him fresh and in form, why not.

              1. JustPark
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 12 days ago

                Not worth the injury might be getting for that.

        2. Pep says
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          Let me check my 8-ball

          1. Pep says
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 12 days ago

            'maybe certainly'

      26. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 12 days ago

        Five clean sheets still intact 😎

        1. El-Kloppico
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 12 days ago

          30pts in the pocket.. Green arrow for you 😉
          Congrats