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The Technical Area – Richarlison Under Analysis

Despite the lack of fanfare surrounding Richarlison’s Premier League arrival (as demonstrated by his sub-0.1% opening ownership level), a sensational series of early Gameweeks quickly drew widespread Fantasy interest in Watford’s wide man, and have even sparked rumours of his inclusion in Brazil’s World Cup squad for the upcoming summer.

Richarlison burst out of the gate impressively, with a goal and an assist in his first two games, and an impressive four strikes in his first seven.

Of late, however, the returns have begun to dry up for Watford’s main man. Now goalless in his last ten, his ownership has tumbled from a high of 1.1 million to just 900,000 over the last few weeks. The emergence of similarly-priced budget options in Manchester United’s Jesse Lingard and West Ham’s Marko Arnautovic have also seen Richarlison slide down our own Watchlist.

Has Richarlison’s play deteriorated over recent Gameweeks – or can we expect to find him back amongst the goals in 2018?

We’ll be exploring the Brazilian’s numbers across a range of key categories, in order to ascertain his value moving forward into the second half of the FPL campaign.

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  1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    SD confirms Chris Wood and Stephen Ward will miss Saturday's trip to @CPFC. Ben Mee and Scott Arfield should both be ok.

    https://twitter.com/BurnleyOfficial/status/951445917525213184

    1. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Cheers

  2. mogadishu
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Would you do Eriksen ➡️ Lingard for free? Have Kane and Son.

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      I would do Son. Longterm he won't keep playing as much as he has

      1. mogadishu
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Not sure about that. Son the in form man, undroppable on current form.

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      No Erik is a better player than Lingard unlesss u have other upgrades

    3. Fpldonny
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Perhaps

  3. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone thinking about a differential captain this week. I think its a good week to use it with liv, city assets playing each other and Kane vs Everton.
    Alonso?

    1. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Been on Sanchez all week ... Bournemouth away looks tasty (3-5 hopefully)

      1. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah that's a great pic

  4. HashAttack
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone still think Lingard won't treble rise this GW?

    1. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Watching carefully as think it could be worth it for -4 for one of the tottenham midshipmen's are arnautovic if injured.

      1. Brehmeren
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Arnautovic is fine. Back in training.

  5. P2One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    A or B; Let me know please

    A;
    Begovic -Adrian
    Jones-Stones-Christensen-Hegazi-Arnold
    Sterling-Salah-Lingard-Arnautovic-Gray
    Kane-Aguero-Wilson

    B;
    Begovic-Courtois
    Jones-Smalling-Christensen-Hegazi-Arnold/4.3
    Sterling-Salah-Lingard-Sane-Arnautovic
    Aguero-Firmino-Crouch

  6. ROOTY7
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    On WC.

    Would you do Aguero--> Lukaku and have the exact funds to get Aguero back in next week?

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      I don't think Lukaku is worth a transfer. Just get lingard

    2. Zinedine Kilbane
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      I'm doing this- captaining him too

  7. HD7
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Any concerns regarding Alonso after yesterday? Injury or rotation of Conte whatever. If not... Im getting him in this GW 🙂

    1. @FPL_liverbird (liverpoolfa…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Already got him. Watching that match yesterday he was playing alongside morata and sometimes even ahead of hazard no kidding! Tempted to stick the armband on him this weekend

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      No concerns.

  8. KUNingas
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Play two

    A) Ogbonna (hud)
    B) Mee (cry)
    C) Depoitre (WHU)
    D) Zanka (WHU)
    E) RLC (BUR)

  9. machickenz
    • 10 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Any ideas on what to do here? 0.4 ITB 1 FT

    Courtois
    Alonso Jones Otamendi Masuaka
    Salah* Arnautovic Sterling Son
    Kane Firmino
    Bench: Adrian RLC* DCL Mbemba*

    *Flagged

  10. Strchld
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Do Eriksen to Lingard/Pogba or save FT?

  11. Hansel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Long-term:

    a) Jones + Doucoure

    b) Schindler + Richarlison

  12. Weeb Kakashi
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    DDG
    Vertonghen Dunk Masuaku
    Hazard(C) Sterling Sane Arnautovic Richarlison
    Kane Firmino

    Elliot... Otamendi Fernandez Andersen

    0 ITB
    Saving this week.

    Early thoughts on transfers for next week?

  13. boc610
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    so mhiki as makeweight for alexis going to united.

    Wengers final insult to the gunners fans.

    1. King Kohli
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      What do you make of this deal?
      I think it makes sense for all parties

      1. Hasselbaink Forever - Defoe…
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Apart from Alexis

        1. King Kohli
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          Yes no easy league title for him this season, but more playing time

  14. pax888
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Just a thought...

    We moan this season that there’s a lack of strikers in the game but if you think about it pretty much all teams play 1 up front therefore we have 20 strikers to choose from plus a few OOP - Rooney, Josh King etc.

    If a team plays 4 at the back or 5 at the back including wing backs we should have 80-100 defenders who start to choose from.

    If a team plays 3-4 midfielders then 60-80 midfielders to choose from.

    You get the gist.

    My point is that don’t expect a strong front 3 with only 20-25 strikers who are nailed on.

    It’s always going to be slim pickings if teams continue with 1 up front!

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Good points. If Austin and Wilson were healthy all season long they would solve a lot of our problems

    2. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      People were moaning there were too many forwards at the start of the season, not enough mids.

    3. Ex Lion Tamer
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      The question to me is: Is it worth investing heavily up front to make sure you get one of the good ones, or just give up on strikers and invest elsewhere

  15. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Bench one and why please:

    A) Rashford (STK) - Unlikely to start, but 1 goal could mean baps; Out of favour even when Lukaku was out; Lacking confidence, but still pretty fearless; 3.1 PPG

    B) Zeegelaar (SOU) - Points available from defence and attack; CS more likely than Rashford goal?; Watford stagnating and low on confidence; Southampton not all that solid either; 2.9 PPG

    C) Masuaku (hud) - Points available from defence and attack; CS more likely than Rashford goal?; Huddersfield tend to score one goal per game (or less); West Ham have some goals in them; 2.1 PPG

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      B

    2. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      c, hud more likely to score

    3. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      b

    4. Jafalad
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Bench Zerg. Forwards should never be benched and WHM may get a cs at HUD.

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers. Can't say I agree with "Forwards should never be benched". I've happily benched DCL many a time, for example.

        I have Zeeg benched at the moment, so I guess these replies validate that, though 🙂

    5. agueroooooney
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      I'd bench A. Unlikely to start, out of favour even when Lukaku was out, lacking confidence

  16. Jafalad
    • 14 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Budget defender for next few weeks?

    1. Sailboats
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Dunk

      1. Jafalad
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Funky hair. BHA ds make a lot of appeal.

    2. Delhidynamo
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Chill well

      1. Jafalad
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Cheers Delboy.

    3. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 3 months ago

      Dummett

      1. Jafalad
        • 14 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        NEW don't do cs - think they'll improve next few?

        1. gavigan
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          Their last 2 games were clean sheets

          1. Jafalad
            • 14 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            Good shout.

        2. Ghost Gooner
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          At 4.2 he will get enough c/s to keep me happy. Think they will get 1 v Swans and a decent chance to get another v Burnley. At palace its tricky. So I will play him 2 out of next 4

  17. Frank Koscielny
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 3 months ago

    Would you play Otamendi if you have both Salah and Firmino? Alternative is Mee (cry)

    1. Licious Lizard (delete acc)
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Mee higher chance of CS, but Ota higher chance of attacking returns.
        You shouldn’t evaluate their point potential in light of your other players imo.

      • Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Play Ota

      • SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah no point having a 6.5m DF unless you'll play him every week, also a massive threat from set pieces, could well score

      • MTPockets
          6 years, 3 months ago

          No

        • agueroooooney
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          I'd play Mee, but not because you have Salah and Firmino, because Mee is more likely to keep a clean sheet

        • G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 6 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          Yes

      • Delhidynamo
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Kane's got 5 in 6 against Everton till now

        1. Annie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          and a brace in the last two

      • Ronnies
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 3 months ago

        Best option ?

        a) keep alli & son for this GW
        b) alli > lingard
        c) son > lingard

        Tnks guys.

        1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          b

        2. MartialMatas
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          b

        3. KUNingas
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          A

        4. Brehmeren
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          A

        5. Matt Sk
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          b

        6. MTPockets
            6 years, 3 months ago

            a

          • Sgt Frank Drebin
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            A for me.

          • FPL ZB
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            a

          • Fpldonny
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            B

        7. MartialMatas
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          G2G?

          DDG
          Otamendi Christensen Jones Ogbonna
          Salah Sterling Son Lingard(c)
          Kane Kun

          Adrian RLC DCL Kenny

          1. KUNingas
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            Nice team! G2G

        8. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          Hi...got 1ft and 0.1itb.

          Wonder if I'm best to save the ft even if rlc is ruled out?

          What would you do with this please?

          Fab (elliot)
          Alonso ota ogbonna (Kenny wimmer)
          Salah sterling son arnie rlc
          Kun kane (dcl)

          Thanks

          1. Ghost Gooner
            • 10 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            Son to Lingard? Then upgrade a defender (kenny?) next week

        9. the Penman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 3 months ago

          Alonso for a hit (lei) or stick and play Depoitre (WHM)? Am playing Masuaku as well.

          1. Licious Lizard (delete acc)
              6 years, 3 months ago

              Play depoitre imo.
              Shouldn’t matter that You also play Masuaku. Either Depoitre will score or not - I don’t think it has any effect how you line up your team :$

              1. the Penman
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                Yeah, its the old trade off when a striker plays a defender. Reckon I'll end up better off holding for next week...

          2. Dr Dream
            • 11 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            No presses today?

          3. Delhidynamo
            • 9 Years
            6 years, 3 months ago

            How many goals do you think these strikers would end at the end of the season
            (16 games to go )

            A. Lukaku 10 goals

            B. Aguero 13 goals

            C. Morata 10 goals

            D. Lacazette 8 goals

            1. Licious Lizard (delete acc)
                6 years, 3 months ago

                Luk 11
                Aguero 9
                Morata 6
                Laca 8

              • Dr Dream
                • 11 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                Lukaku 20...in fits and starts
                Aguero 25
                Morata 10
                Lacazette 15

                1. Licious Lizard (delete acc)
                    6 years, 3 months ago

                    So you seriously don’t think Morata will score a single goal?

                  • Delhidynamo
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 3 months ago

                    Morata sure will play well not to get an OG

                2. Ghost Gooner
                  • 10 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Morata Laca 8
                  Kun 12
                  Lukaku 9

                3. King Kohli
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Lukaku 17 goal
                  Aguero 22 goals
                  Morata 15 goals
                  Lacazatte 13 goals

                4. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Lukaku 20 goals
                  Aguero 23 goals
                  Morata 18 goals
                  Lacazette 18 goals

                  1. Delhidynamo
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 3 months ago

                    You're predicting quite the striker resurgence. Like it

                5. agueroooooney
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Aguero 25
                  Morata 19
                  Lukaku 18
                  Lacazette 15

              • Park the bus
                • 13 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                posted on previous article by mistake.....

                Wildcard or not:

                Lloris Elliot
                Otamendi Jones Maguire Kenny 3.9
                Alli Coutinho Sterling Lingard RLC
                Kane Morata Depoitre

                1.4 ITB, 0 FT.

                could get Salah back in for -4 or if RLC fit, could play him instead given Salah has City then get Salah next week.

                Concerns over owning Lloris, Elliot, Kenny, Alli, Coutinho, Depoitre.

                Morata is a strange one - I think he will click soon and start banging them in with those fixtures so reluctant to get rid.

                Thoughts?

                1. Ghost Gooner
                  • 10 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  I'd wc

              • Ratatouille
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                United in the bid to sign Sanchez

                1. Fantasy Gold
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Wow that would be incredible 🙂

              • Fantasy Gold
                • 9 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                With no clear captain choice this week (imo), Alexis Sanchez could be the one that explodes.

                Bournemouth are awful.

                1. SAKA AND EMILE SMITH ROWE
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Looks like Sanchez could be facing Stoke at Home sadly 🙁

                2. Sims
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  So if there were clear captain choices, sachet wouldn't explode?

                  How convinient

                  1. Fantasy Gold
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 3 months ago

                    Yeah that’s exactly what I meant...

                3. Ghost Gooner
                  • 10 Years
                  6 years, 3 months ago

                  Will he play? Will he apply himself 100%?

              • Juhlers
                • 11 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                Hey guys, got 2FTs, a bit torn between my transfers, please offer your advice! 🙂

                I want to get Alonso in -->
                Pick one option for out and in --->

                OUT
                Hazard / De Bruyne?

                IN
                Pogba / Lingard?

              • stachman
                • 11 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                On WC. What option you think is better?

                A) Gomez, Lanzini
                B) Arnie, Zeegelaar

                I'm talking about my 4th, rotating defender with Christensen, Alonso and Jones next to him...

              • simvik91
                • 7 Years
                6 years, 3 months ago

                Otamendi vs liv
                or
                Duffy vs wba
                ?