Scout Notes

The Stock Check – Gameweek 38

The season is done, so what better time to start plotting for the next?

The final day of the campaign produced goals galore and plenty of pointers to take with us through the summer drought.

Here’s the final Stock Check of a fascinating Fantasy Premier League 2016/17.

On the Rise

Harry Kane
Remember the good old days when the young folk could afford a house and Harry Kane cost 4.4? Or 6.0, 10.2 or even 11.9?

Those days will be long gone next season. The Spurs striker has been declared Fantasy royalty and, as a result, will likely command a right royal price of nearer £13.0m.

An incredible end to the season involved seven goals and 48 Fantasy Premier League points across the final two Gameweeks – enough to secure a second consecutive Golden Boot and win mini-leagues for managers from the Aaland Islands to Zambia.

His Hull City hat-trick brought in bumper points for the 11.3% of us who captained him yesterday, with 54,000 managers (33% of those who used the chip) triple captaining Kane to another monster total.

Big-ticket strikers will come and go over the summer, but the Spurs frontman will surely be the first name in our squads for next season, and to hell with the cost.

Kieran Trippier, Ben Davies
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino has been consistent on two counts all season – he won’t comment on rumours and he will rotate his full-backs.

Rumour has it, though, that Kyle Walker is on his way elsewhere, so Trippier could well end up in the box seat.

The former Burnley defender started just six matches all season. Rather tellingly, three of those came in the last five fixtures, and his output was superb – he managed five assists from such limited pitch time.

Walker recorded six assists – from 30 starts.

Should Walker leave, Pochettino will doubtless look to strengthen at right-back/wing-back. That uncertainty could well keep Trippier’s price down, at least in comparison to other Spurs defensive assets.

Davies was also outstanding in the absence of the first choice left-back Danny Rose.

The Welsh international finished with a goal and assist from the final two Gameweeks and, in 15 starts as cover for the injured Rose, he returned a clean sheet, goal or assist in 11 of them.

Rose will surely be first choice again once fit, but Davies may yet start the season if the England man continues his slow recovery after undergoing surgery only last week. Either way, rotation will again form a large part of Pochettino’s plans and Davies could well continue to be a cheap, if not nailed-on, route into a defence of some pedigree.

The one rider regarding all of the Spurs stars for next season is the fact that they’ll be playing at Wembley. They struggled there in this year’s Champions League campaign and will need to acclimatise to their temporary home rather better if they are to live up to their status and FPL prices.

Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus
The most expensive player in the game this year had a bit of a nightmare, right?

Well…no, actually.

Aguero reminded us all of his prowess with a 16-point haul on the final day amid news that he will, according to Pep Guardiola, be a Man City player for next season.

And he’ll start afresh with his best season right behind him. Yes, Aguero scored 33 goals in all competitions this year – his best ever return in a Sky Blue shirt.

This season was the first in which we have not been able to rely on the Argentinian as a nailed-on starter, and there’s no doubt he’s had better domestic campaigns. But 20 league goals from a turbulent year of injuries, alleged fall-outs with his new coach and the first coming of Jesus should remind us all that Aguero is still a goalscorer supreme – whatever the circumstances.

Few of us had faith in him for Gameweek 38. The Argentine increased his ownership by just 1,200 FPL managers, whereas Jesus picked up 155,000 new owners – bettered only by Kane and Philippe Coutinho.

The young Brazilian duly delivered with a double-digit haul. Again. And from the right flank.

With or without Aguero in the side, Jesus produces. Together for the last two matches of the season, the 20-year-old delivered back-to-back 11-pointers when stationed out wide.

Whatever the configuration up front for City next season, Jesus will cost a good deal more than his initial 2016/2017 price tag of 9.0, while Aguero will likely be cheaper than his top of the range 13.0

We’ll have to choose one or the other for our teams at least initially. Jesus should get the nod, but we write off Aguero at our peril.

Kevin De Bruyne
Another who seemed to suffer under Pep, at least initially, the Belgian set up two more goals yesterday to end as FPL’s top creator, with 21 assists to Christian Eriksen’s 20.

From Gameweek 33, De Bruyne was outstanding, providing seven assists and chipping in with two goals to cement fifth place among FPL midfielders.

Often asked to play a deeper role under Guardiola, his goal output duly suffered…but only a touch. He managed five this year, compared to seven last time out, but more than doubled his assists to end the season 68 points better off than in 2016.

When you consider that De Bruyne also hit the woodwork no fewer than eight times this season – three more than any other player – and an inch or three lower here and a slice of luck or two there could well have given him a double-figure goal output and a place in the top three midfielders as a result.

There’s a very pleasant side effect to that misfortune – his price may well hold around the 10.5 mark for next season. That could be money very well spent.

Vincent Kompany
Another Belgian, another cracking finish to the season – good enough to end top of the FPL form charts for defenders.

Kompany made seven successive Gameweek starts to banish any doubts of fragility and his output was equally robust – three goals and five clean sheets brought in 54 points.

With Kompany in the line-up, 6.0 on a City defender is fully justified. That could possibly drop due to his injury record, but given his superb end to the season, it might well remain unchanged.

If he can stay fit – a big if, of course – then the Belgian looks well worth it whatever the price.

Philippe Coutinho
Liverpool took all the time available to secure their Champions League place, and they had a lot to thank the Brazilian for.

He was a man possessed from Gameweek 30 onwards, scoring seven goals and providing two assists in a 71-point charge into the midfielders’ top ten.

Not bad for a man who lost seven matches to injury and then took a further five fixtures to regain his scintillating form.

Coutinho was always great value at the mid-8m mark this season. That will surely rise to around 9.5-10.0m for the next campaign, which should still remain a fair price, although we’ll have to factor in potential fatigue from Champions League duties.

Cesc Fabregas
Out of favour for the first half of the season, outstanding by the end, the Spaniard showed us all that he’s still got it in Fantasy terms – if he’s allowed to prove it with pitch time.

Two assists against Sunderland took him to six assists and a goal from his last six appearances of the campaign, two of which were little more than late-match cameos.

The Spaniard’s home form was particularly impressive – he returned a goal or assist in 11 of his last 12 home matches – and a man seemingly treading water before a summer move is now surely in manager Antonio Conte’s future plans.

His prospects, however, are still difficult to call. But given his late-season form, Conte will surely look to find a role for him, particularly with Champions League rotation to factor in.

Wait and see is perhaps the best policy for Fabregas for now. All will become clearer fairly early into next season.

The Liverpool Defence
Nathaniel Clyne was the only Liverpool defender to enjoy double-figure percentage ownership this year, and with good reason.

The Reds kept 12 clean sheets in the league this season and five of them came in the final six Gameweeks.

Champions League football will doubtless prompt a number of new signings, with an extra centre-half, an actual left-back and goalkeeper likely to be among them.

But while we might not be clear on the exact personnel, it’s probably time to take Jurgen Klopp’s rearguard a little more seriously.

Joel Matip could be the choice option from the defenders, while Simon Mignolet’s price is likely to remain around the 5.0 mark if, that is, he’s still the Reds’ number one come August.

Sam Vokes
Budget strikers providing decent returns have been few and far between this season, but the Burnley man made a late bid from the bargain basement.

Five goals in as many Gameweeks was a welcome late-season gift and pointed to real potential ahead of next season.

Vokes started this campaign at 6.0 and would seem likely to hold around that mark.

Fernando Llorente
Another striker to show us enough to earn him a high Watchlist rank ahead of next season, the Spaniard hit four goals in the last five Gameweeks to keep Swansea City up and his own reputation intact.

A 12-point haul against West Brom yesterday was his fifth double-figure return of a season marred by niggling injuries and managerial madness.

He, and the team, took time to adjust but, once settled, Llorente showed enough form to suggest that he could fit the bill as a mid-price third striker next time out.

Junior Stanislas
Josh King deserves all the plaudits at Bournemouth this season, but Stanislas shone bright when fit.

The midfielder ended the campaign by netting in each of his final three league outings, having scored the Cherries’ opener at Leicester City yesterday.

Injury hugely disrupted his season, but seven goals and six assists from just 18 starts between lengthy spells on the treatment table point to a player capable of excellent returns at a good price.

Stanislas cost 5.5 initially this term, a figure that plummeted to 4.6 by Gameweek 38. His value could well be very competitive again come August.

Definitely one to monitor through pre-season.

Jack Butland
The England man was in the team of the season for 2015/16 before injury destroyed this campaign.

But a 10-point return at Southampton yesterday – from a clean sheet, six saves and two bonus points – reminded us all of what might have been.

Just five 2017 starts mean his price could hold in the budget bracket for next season.

His understudy, Lee Grant, might have won Stoke City’s player of the year award, but we have to presume that Butland will be the one between Stoke’s sticks in August – and at a very reasonable value.

In Decline

Laurent Koscielny
The centre-half was the one reliable figure in a flighty Arsenal defence until late-season injuries scuppered many of our double Gameweek plans – Koscielny missed a fixture in each of the Gunners’ extra fixtures.

He then compounded matters by seeing red on the final day and will miss the FA Cup final and the first two matches of next term.

That will severely dent his early-season appeal in what will be an intriguing, Champions League-free, campaign for Arsenal.

Whether he can recover ground on alternative assets in the side when priced at the higher end of the market for Gunners’ defenders will be the key question.

Manolo Gabbiadini
From triumph to troll in just a few Gameweek, the Italian looked a bargain Fantasy asset on his January arrival, only to endure a torrid spring that has potentially ruined his reputation among managers severely burned by his dismal form.

A missed Gameweek 37 penalty meant bench duties yesterday. But even when given 26 minutes for redemption against Stoke, Gabbiadini fluffed his lines and missed a great opportunity to begin repairing the damage.

On the bright side, that should mean his price is likely to remain around the 6.5 – 7.0 mark for next season.

While that’s not massive, it’s not exactly peanuts either. And many will not easily forget what monkeys he made of us all in double double Gameweeks from which he produced just four miserable points.

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  1. FPL Virgin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Who are the non-negotiable first names on your team sheet on July 10th?

    Mine are:

    Heaton
    Alonso
    Dann
    King
    Eriksen
    Kane

    1. aborg
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      King for sure.
      Alonso depends if he will remain a defender in FPL
      Kane surely but not from GW1...he is not a good starter

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Team Cruel made an excellent point about Kane not starting seasons well.

        1. TopMarx
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          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          he's always had busy summers before

        2. Parm
          • 12 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          He's always come in off the back of an international tournament(Euro U21 in 2015, Euros' in 2016). This is his first summer off.

          1. FPL Virgin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Exactly.

    2. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Heaton is dead
      Too expensive
      Lol
      Probably too expensive, depends where he is playing
      Alli
      No Brainer

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Dann will be FPL Gold under Big Sam. 15 pointers every 3 to 4 weeks.

    3. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Brighton def/gk with home/away rotation
      Butland
      Defoe at new club
      Knockaert

      Other than that, no players I'm definitely getting in

    4. Pirlø's Pen
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      KDB

      1. I Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        He's my main midfield target. Determined to start with him next season.

    5. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Kane
      Jesus
      Maybe Siggy

    6. bojack
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I'm getting three Huddersfield if they come up.

      1. the snazzy viking
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        This, Hudders defenders could do well too

    7. I Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Kane is the only definite for me. All others will depend on price, position and fixtures. KDB and Kompany high on my wish list.

      1. FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Kompany could be the top scoring defender of the season if he stays fit.

        1. I Member
          • 8 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Such a goal threat and good for BAPS. If City have decent fixtures and he's 6.0 I'm definitely getting him. Alonso won't be worth the extra 1m.

    8. bojack
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Jesus looks fantastic but you never know when Pep will rotate him. At least with Kane if he's fit he plays.

      Be interested to see what Koeman does in the transfer market and who he keeps, building on a good year with no Europe next season.

      1. I Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Everton are in the Europa League aren't there? Would love Siggy to replace Barkley there.

    9. Konig Luther
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Probably Alli, probably Jesus.

    10. Pique boo
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Depends on transfers and who chelsea get

    11. Postman Ty
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      - Heaton/Butland if they're 4.5
      - Alonso
      - King
      - Jesus
      - Coutinho/KDB depending on budget

    12. Geoff
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      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I hate to be that guy but it all depends on price. Not only of these 6 but of the other players as well.

      It's like when a manager says they won't sell for any price. That's rhetoric - they would sell any player for 300 million.

      That said I project those players will all be priced too high for me except possibly Kane, and Dann depends on fixtures

  2. camarozz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Well lads what's the craic. Say it's been fairly quiet today??

  3. Virgil Hilts
    • 7 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Can someone find out which country has the least FPL players please?

    And can you re-classify your nationality to have a better chance of being No.1 in that country, or do you have to actually physically move there? Being English is just not working out for me FPL-wise.

    Vatican City is officially the worlds smallest country with a population of 451.

    One is the Pope for starters, and I can't imagine all the assistant popes etc are keen players. Would think a good chance of being No.1 in country there.

    Anyone know what the house prices are like?

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Simony was outlawed during the Counter Reformation . I hope this helps .

      1. Virgil Hilts
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Renting an option?

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Absenteeism aka holding more than one Church position is also against the terms and conditions so I'm afraid not 🙁

          1. Virgil Hilts
            • 7 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Hmmm, now you've got me thinking you could actually be The Pope in real life, cunningly disguised as Batman's real life persona. You certainly know the rules well enough! 🙂

            1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
              • 13 Years
              6 years, 10 months ago

              Or maybe I am the only person in the Vatican league 😉

              1. Virgil Hilts
                • 7 Years
                6 years, 10 months ago

                Oh my word, now you've got my head totally spinning, I reckon you could be and it's all a double/triple bluff.

                Jeez, I've bitten off more than I can chew here I can see. 🙂

    2. the snazzy viking
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      There are lots of territories, so places like Isle of Man may not have many.

      1. Virgil Hilts
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Well well, I'd not thought of the IOM having a separate league.

        Any way of looking these small leagues, just for being nosey really, not gonna change nationality of course.

    3. Parm
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I was #16 in Macedonia this year 😎

      1. Virgil Hilts
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Did you move to Macedonia specifically for this reason, and was it worth it in the end?

      2. Pierce34
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        No. 3 in Greece 😉

        1. jia you
          • 7 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          No.9 in China here 🙂

          1. Pierce34
            • 8 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            To be honest our ranks, while very good, are nothing to boast about compared to someone like Ogie who was very unlucky not to be no. 1 in Ireland in the end. (which is a ridiculously tough league, winner of that finished 11th overall)

            1. jia you
              • 7 Years
              6 years, 10 months ago

              Yeah for sure mate, I'm from Ireland myself so well done to Ogie! Still 9th in a country of over a billion, I'll take that haha 😉

    4. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      People take this game WAY too seriously.

      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        You are a regular poster on a fantasy football forum you crossed that bridge a long time ago mon ami 🙂

        1. Geoff
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          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          😀

      2. Wild Rover
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Loll at hiding behind no Grav to prove you don;t take it seriously

    5. tambourineman
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      The Pitcairn Islands has a population of 57 and yet it's FPL mini league boosts an impressive 323 FPL players, so it looks like others might have had a similar idea already.

      1. Virgil Hilts
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Ha, that's mint.

        Going to the trouble of re-classifying yourself as a Pitcairn Islander, only to find yourself finishing a lower rank than the official population. Priceless.

        1. Skid Vicious
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Hahaha

      2. tambourineman
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        FPL even give the uninhabited Bouvet Island a mini league of it's own, it has 175 managers

        1. Connor Wickham
          • 10 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Join the league and challenge me for the crown. It is not too bad living here either

      3. Point-one short
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        They've all got multiple accounts. Well-known for their cheating, the Pitcairnians...

    6. Skid Vicious
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      I was 13th in Spain. Actually live here.
      Maybe I could of been 2nd or 3rd in the Botswana league.

      1. Virgil Hilts
        • 7 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        13th in a country like Spain is some going. I guess it's a big league.

        1. Skid Vicious
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Yeah I was surprised I made it to 13th with 2328points and a 6143 OR.
          I think it must of been very tight at the top and my 102points in gw38 did my rank a nice favour

    7. TopMarx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      do winners of country leagues actually win anything?

      1. Skid Vicious
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        They probably get a fpl mug or a key ring
        Mehh

    8. RedLightning
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      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Whatever happened to Holy See? Used to be as very regular poster here.

      There used to be a league of Countries on the FPL home page. It was based on the average scores of players from each country. One season many of us registered as Central African Republic and made it top country.

      Whichever countries have the smallest number of players in their leagues this season, next season the numbers will be different. I don't think there are any prizes for finishing top of a national league.

      Many managers register for obscure countries just for fun. There used to be something in the rules about it being your country of residence, but it was widely ignored. When tennis champion Andy Murray used to play FPL, he strangely chose to be England rather than Scotland.

    9. Geoff
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      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      #1 in Canada 😉

  4. Tansey
    • 9 Years
    6 years, 10 months ago

    Throw some guesses at possible prices for this bunch next year

    Alonso
    Jesus
    King
    Coutinho
    KDB

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Too early for this stuff, loads important transfers will change evertything

      1. Tansey
        • 9 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        I know just curious on what people are expecting

    2. thisisdiz
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      6
      9
      7
      8.5
      9.5

      1. I Member
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Too low on all.

        1. Wild Rover
          • 13 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          This

      2. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Way too low!
        Alonso 7.0
        Jesus 10.5
        King 8 (if a forward)
        Coutinho 9
        KDB 10

    3. Parm
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      7
      9.5-10
      7.5
      9
      10

      1. Skid Vicious
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        This

    4. UnitedFan
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      7.0
      10.0
      8.0
      9.5
      10.5

    5. noquarternt
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Alonso will be the most pricey defender so probably 6.5 (7?)

      Jesus will depend on whether Agüero goes, but will be ~10.

      King at Bournemouth as a striker will have to be ~7.5.

      Coutinho should be near 9.5.

      I think De Bruyne might drop a bit to 9.5.

      1. UnitedFan
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Why would KDB drop? Did he not set a new assists record for a season?

    6. Rian23
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      7.0
      11.0
      7.5 forward
      9.0
      11.0

    7. Helia
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      7
      10.5
      7.5
      9.5
      10.5

    8. StalkingDwarf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      7.0
      9.5
      8.0
      9.5
      10.5

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

      7.0
      9.5
      7.5-8.0(as fwd)
      9.0-9.5
      10.5

  5. Jay_
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Big incident in Manchester at a concert. Deaths confirmed. FFS.

      1. KingNidge
        • 8 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Just watching it mate absolutely sick to my stomach

        1. Jay_
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Same mate. Hope it's just a technical/ electrical fault. Not that it changes things for the victims and families.

        2. Hibbo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          6 years, 10 months ago

          Are people dead?

          1. Skid Vicious
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Few dead say the report on sky news

          2. Jay_
              6 years, 10 months ago

              Yep 🙁

          3. Skid Vicious
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Manchester Arena pop concert explosion.
            Manchester Victoria station Closed. Ohh crappers

          4. Wild Rover
            • 13 Years
            6 years, 10 months ago

            Ariana Grande gig, big venue, several fatalities Cuntz 🙁

            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40007886

            1. Jay_
                6 years, 10 months ago

                Lots of young girls there seeing their idol. Terrible.

            2. Skid Vicious
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              6 years, 10 months ago

              Proper explosion! Witness who just missed the explosion by chance in the main foyer. Said she could smell the burning.
              So some real bad explosion full of youngsters.
              Gutted!!

              1. Jay_
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Manchester police treating it as terror. Talk on twitter of a suicide bomber. I was hoping it was an electrical fault as the thought of little children being targeted is just too hard to imagine and deal with. I'm absolutely disgusted but not one bit surprised. It'll be a football stadium next. R.I.P 🙁

                  1. Skid Vicious
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Controlled explosion to follow. What a horrible thing to do. Right in the funnel area of the tight exit into the lobby for maximum damage.
                    I'm shocked by the cruelty of some twisted and deviant humans. How can anybody ever be so f***ed in the head and bitter to do such a thing? Don't mention in the name of religion coz' I'll just have a fit of anger and sadness.
                    RiP you beauties!

                    1. Jay_
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        Monsters mate. The sad thing is, it'll happen again. No amount of candle lit vigils or changing profile pictures to flags will change it. The truth is, it's unstoppable. The cancer of the world. I'm going to bed now mate, best of we don't discuss it anymore because people are here to enjoy time out from all this and discuss football. Just terrible seeing pics of the little kids on twitter still missing. 🙁

                        1. Skid Vicious
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 13 Years
                          6 years, 10 months ago

                          Nothing much more to say. Goodnight. 🙁

                          1. Jay_
                              6 years, 10 months ago

                              Night mate

                • TopMarx
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                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Spurs are an excellent side who have underperformed at Wembley in recent years - Record at Wembley since 2015:

                  Loss vs Chelsea, 2015 League Cup final
                  Loss vs Monaco, 2016 Champions League
                  Loss vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2016 Champions League
                  Win vs CKSA Moscow, 2016 Champions League
                  Draw vs Gent, 2017 Europa League
                  Loss vs Chelsea, 2017, FA Cup

                  Moving to a new/temporary stadium has proved problematic for other teams. Think of WHM this season, and Arsenal struggled at Wembley in their Champions League campaign in 98/99 (it does not feel that long ago!) -
                  winning only two of six matches. Manchester City and Southampton also dipped in the seasons following moves to new stadiums:

                  Maine Road - 2002/03
                  W D L GD
                  9 2 8 +2
                  Etihad Stadium - 2003/04
                  W D L GD
                  5 9 5 +7

                  The Dell - 2000/01
                  W D L GD
                  11 2 6 +5
                  St Mary's - 2001/02
                  W D L GD
                  7 5 7 +1

                  However Arsenal's first years at the Emirates are fairly similar to the last years at Highbury, despite starting with three draws. Highbury v Emirates (all competitions):

                  Last six seasons at Highbury
                  P W D L F A Win%
                  172 124 32 16 393 153 72.1%
                  First six seasons at Emirates Stadium
                  P W D L F A Win%
                  171 119 37 15 368 120 69.6%

                  So what does this mean for Spurs players next season? Maybe they will have a below average season at Wembley followed by a return to normal once back at WHL?

                • CloudSky
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Seen some videos fro Manchester.. Atrocious to where this world has come.

                  Prayers go to them and their families.

                • StalkingDwarf
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Apparently security didn't check bags in Manchester.

                • Parm
                  • 12 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Rather than asking us all for predictions why not open a spreadsheet and list all the players you're interested at prices that you'd happily pay. Then when the prices are finally out you'll know who you think is valuable.

                  1. Jazz!
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Too much effort required

                  2. Geoff
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 11 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Exactly. Then we can have slower pages and really get into good debates about what the top 10 movies of all time are etc 😀

                • CloudSky
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  A friend works in A&E - huge balloons filled with gas popped & there was a stampede because everyone thought it was a bomb! #ManchesterArena
                  — Jack Murphy (@JackDMurphy) May 22, 2017

                  Found at Independent. No idea how true is it.

                  1. Skid Vicious
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Could well be. Sounds very plausable, a stampede can cause carnage.
                    ThEre where pink ballons all over the arena. So perhaps some bigger ones exploding caused a major panic and stampede. How sad! All those youngsters just having a good time.

                    1. CloudSky
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Agreed. Bomb disposal unit with sniffer dogs at the venue apparently. Hope its "just in case".

                      1. Skid Vicious
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        Me too. A terror attack right in the heart of Manchester's joy machine would be horrible.
                        Still,thousands of teens stranded, and plenty of shaken people.
                        What a disaster.

                      2. StalkingDwarf
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 8 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        Hope that's the case, but there so much confusion in the first few hours. There was this tweet that had dashcam footage outside the stadium. You could hear a bang and a faint flash of white near the entrance of the arena in the background.

                        1. Skid Vicious
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 13 Years
                          6 years, 10 months ago

                          Yeah I just saw this video on the news. That flash reminded me of a large transformer going boom years ago in malaga
                          Few badly injured there.
                          I was like 500metres away and heard and saw the flash & bang
                          Man, I just really hope it was no actual bomb.

                  2. Skid Vicious
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    19 dead so far. This ain't no balloon. Some serious incident.
                    RiP. and my most serious condolences to friends and family. So Sad sad

                • Foozeball
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Who are some players you think will be cheap, hidden FPL gems next season?
                  Ryan Fraser is one to watch for me. Could be next year's Zaha or J.King

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

                    Im thinking stanislas

                • Skid Vicious
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  DZ: any love for the eliteserien.no fantasy game?? FPL will be back in 3 months, and this will give us some banter in the meanwhile.
                  If so, i have set up a ML and a H2H starting from gw11.
                  Go look at my profile for copy and paste links.

                • @chapellefpl OR 577TH
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Anybody want to play a game with me?

                  1. Skid Vicious
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    I'd love to. I'm just about to roll over and clock-out

                  2. Gareth nose
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    No

                  3. Skid Vicious
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 13 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    You can play eliteserien fantasy if you so please.
                    Links on my profile ^_*

                  4. Cheeseoid
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Only if I can be Jigsaw and you can be the victim in the game

                    1. Skid Vicious
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Or I could be like lettuce fingers and you a lovely rusty spoon

                • Skid Vicious
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 13 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  ... t's a "goodnight" from me

                • liiusions
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Sad times when the site is this dead 🙁 Even at such an obscure time

                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Talk to me of next years plans and strategies then?
                    Trying to compile a list of do and usually don't for next year.

                    Biggest learning point so far is to limit my pool of captain pick to 4 or 5. Diff armband picks are for the luck few.

                • Pique boo
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Pickford Heaton
                  Alonso Davies Holding Mawson Smith
                  Alli Son Coutinho King Sanchez
                  Kane Costa Barnes
                  1 Ft
                  What transfers should i do this week?

                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Costa > Jesus.
                    Holding a doubt?

                • Dreams
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  People living in Manchester. Stay safe lads.

                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Indeed. Had not heard that news. Awful.

                  2. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Just shocking news, targeting kids at a concert is pretty low stuff 🙁

                  3. Ini
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 14 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Indeed.

                • Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  What ye thinking about Lukaku next year- he is proven now and will cost more. I really feel I would captain him a lot for home games but he will cost a lot for someone I will never captain away and will need another big hitter or teo with him who rotate with him for armband.

                  1. BRFC1883
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    What team will he be at?

                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      I'd say Chelsea but I think they should give Bat a go. He looks class and nice price for FPL.

                      1. BRFC1883
                        • 7 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        Can't see Bats being Chelsea main striker. Lukaku should stay where he is. Not good enough for champs league football no matter what he himself says.

                  2. Pierce34
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    If he's at Chelsea it might not be the same home/away issue.

                    Earlier this season I was advised by a far wiser fantasy player (I forget who so can't give the credit to anyone unfortunately) that a good captain strategy is to leave the armband on a player for a block of matches (say, 4 or 5) if he's hitting form. Switching too much can make you dodge hauls. It certainly worked with me and Sanchez this year - he's averaged a spectacular 22.9 ppg as captain! (a bit skewed because it's per gameweek, not per game, and includes TC, but still)

                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Analyzing the top 10 overall this year has me thinking the same way. Not only will they make transfers for a nice run of fixtures but hit it with the armband too. Thanks.

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

                    At an even higher price (11 or 11.5 probably), could prove to be very similar to Ibra, where players will have to hope to catch his hot streak and not his blank streak

                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Yeah my thinking and at a higher price may not be worth the risk.

                  4. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    He's too good for EVE anyway. Even an average enough player like Barkley is looking for the door! He was isolated for a large percentage of the time and did great to keep his head and score the amount of goals he did this season imo. Imagine how many goals he'd have scored this season if at Spurs for example with Eriksen feeding him!

                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      I think considering his age too he has to be rates fairly highly. And as you say he can score a goal on his own from nothing and often due to lack of support had little other option right now.

                • Pierce34
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Let's have a bit of fun with https://anewpla.net/fpl/report/ to pass the time. Who were your top 5 best performing players in terms of ppg? Let's say they have to have played a minimum of 6 games in your team to eliminate statistical anomalies. For me, it's

                  1. Sanchez 13.8 ppg (27 gameweeks)
                  2. Lukaku 11 ppg (9 gameweeks)
                  3. Aguero 9.6 ppg (20 gameweeks)
                  4. Ibrahimovic 8.8 ppg (13 gameweeks)
                  5. Kane 8.4 ppg (14 gameweeks)

                  In terms of base points, however (i.e. no captain doubling), it looks like this:

                  1. King 8 ppg (10 gameweeks)
                  2. Sanchez 7.8 ppg
                  3. Kane 7.7 ppg
                  4. Lukaku 7.2 ppg
                  5. Ibrahimovic 6.5 ppg

                  King topping this list is even more impressive because this is points per gameweek and, unlike Sanchez and Kane, he had no doubles.

                  1. Pierce34
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Honourable mentions to Coleman (6 ppg) and Alonso (5.6 ppg).

                    Wooden spoon to Hazard (4.2 ppg), Alli (4.6 ppg) and Sigurdsson (4.1 ppg). I kept switching between all of them, perfectly timing my transfers to catch their blanks 😀

                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      If at laptop I would. Too much hassle copying and pasting on phone and editing 🙂

                      I would be interested to see anybody who played 442 a lot this year and how their averages for different formations worked out. Stats from this great site - Statico.

                      1. Pierce34
                        • 8 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        A friend of mine played 4-4-2 a lot from what I remember, finished at around 35k. She started the season with Bellerin, Alderweireld, Valencia and Courtois in goal, and some other expensive defender as well. Formation-wise, it was

                        4-4-2: 20 times, average 59.6
                        3-5-2: 5 times, average 53.2
                        5-3-2: 5 times, average 44.8
                        3-4-3: 4 times, average 78.3 (not representative as it was during the DGWs)
                        4-3-3: 3 times, average 66

                        Her team had 113 goals and 61 clean sheets, compared to my 131 goals and 52 clean sheets.

                        Pretty good overall, but I'm sure we could find a 4-4-2 team in the top 10k or top 5k as well.

                        1. Albrightondknight
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 8 Years
                          6 years, 10 months ago

                          Thanks 34 K is a bit better than me.

                    2. jia you
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Hazard was my longest held player (29 games) and scored 6.8 (5.7)

                      1. Pierce34
                        • 8 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        I had Hazard for 16 so it's not like his 4.2 is unrepresentative. I've just been that great at finding his blanks 😀

                  2. jia you
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Lukaku 11.9 (8.3)
                    Sanchez 11.9 (7.4)
                    King 11.3 (7.1)
                    Aguero 10.1 (5.9)
                    Alli 8.3 (6.5)

                    ...Kane in 4 games 13.8 (13.8) 🙂

                    1. jia you
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Siggy 4.0 (4.0) from 14 games was poor and Deeny 3.1 (2.5) from 7 ouch!

                    2. Pierce34
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Alli, nice! My one big mistake during the season was the itchy trigger finger with my mids - kept rotating between Alli, Hazard, Siggy and Mane/Coutinho/Lallana, avoiding a lot of hauls in the process.

                  3. All Bäcks
                    • 9 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    incl captin - ppg
                    1, Kane 14,5 ppg (20 times)
                    2, Aguero 10,4 ppg (16 times)
                    3, Sanchez 10,0 ppg (31 times)
                    4, Lukaku, 8,8 ppg (12 times)
                    5, Costa 7,0 ppg (6 times) ^^

                    Points base
                    1, Kane 8,6 ppg (20 times)
                    2, Lukaku, 7,8 ppg (12 times)
                    3, Sanchez, 7,0 ppg (31 times)
                    4, Costa, 7,0 ppg (6 times)
                    5 Coutinho, 6,4 ppg (10 times)

                    Fair to say that Kane made my season.

                    1. Pierce34
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Nice - I didn't trust Kane early on because he blanked both times I captained him, luckily I got him for his later hauls but I was still sceptical of captaining.

                      Pretty good Costa timing too for him to get 7 ppg - in my team he was at 5.7 over 27 gameweeks.

                  4. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Pierce I am liking your " avoiding a haul" thinking and will use it to limit transfers and pool from which I pick captains. See below how many players I used in the season just gone.

                    1. Pierce34
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      I didn't always follow my own rule, mind - as I said above I rotated between Hazard, Alli, Siggy and Liverpool mids too much, something which I too intend to fix next year. It did work with my captaining strategy however.

                • Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  How many players did ye use all year.
                  Mine was 71 which seems ridiculously high.
                  Looking back and analyzing is a serious eye opener.

                  1. Pierce34
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    61 for me. Played 56 of those, the other 5 were always on the bench (Friend, Gabriel, Watson, Mannone and Barrow).

                • mcrayeps
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Diego Costa in my team :
                  29 GW played
                  153 Points played
                  5.3 average points played

                  Harry Kane :
                  9 GW played
                  113 Points played
                  12.6 average points played

                  I should change my grav right now

                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Well unless your are up for Chinese FPL 🙂

                • Albrightondknight
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 8 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Any chance Ake leaves CHE this summer for another PL team.
                  Small sample I know but 3 goals and an assist from 8 starts for a defender could be tasty at probably no more than 4.5 depending where he goes.

                  1. Sonny “The Hitman&rdq…
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Eddie Howe wants him back

                    1. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Yeah 4.5 or 5 at Bou would be ok.
                      40 million for him and Begovic seems mental for them to be spending but I suppose that's the market now.

                      1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                        • 7 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        Zouma is much more likely to leave,maybe even a loan for him maybe

                  2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    No way,JT just left and when Conte asked him to step up in the FA cup final he played really really well,With UCL coming up Im sure he will get his chances.
                    Also dont forget Cahill is 31,Luiz 30

                • ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

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                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    FPL price you think
                    And mid or defender classification. If he got defender could be nice at a goal about every 4.5 games. Wishful thinking 🙂

                    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Price could be equal to kompany?

                  2. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                    • 7 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Play him and Walker at WB
                    one of them will be the next Alonso

                    1. Pique boo
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      Walker will go to city?

                    2. Albrightondknight
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 8 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      If Walker is gone I like Trippier a lot. But Spurs probably just go and buy someone else too who might take his place and if not rotation always a risk.

                      1. Taffer
                        • 10 Years
                        6 years, 10 months ago

                        think Tripp will be first choice like Walker - for 5.0 will be a bargain. imo he ended the season looking better than Walker - his attacking play is far superior even if he isn't as physically impressive

                • Live Lad
                  • 9 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  10 captain fails in first 17 GWs including Kun -1, Ibra 1, hazard 1. That's horrible. 24 k finish was not bad though better captaincy earlier in the season would have made my rank a lot better.

                  But how do I get it right next season? Choosing players top of the poll?

                • Emiliano Sala
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  This site needs a part or an article just about transfer rumours and no spam. Just comment that transfer rumours and anybody can read them easily and will not miss them

                  1. TorresMagic™
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • Has Moderation Rights
                    • 14 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Rumours are pointless most of the time.

                    1. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                      • 7 Years
                      6 years, 10 months ago

                      This

                • Cheeseoid
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  FPL won't let me make transfers.

                  I don't understand. this doesn't feel right. I really, Really, REALLY wanted Rondon

                  1. Albrightondknight
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 8 Years
                    6 years, 10 months ago

                    Yeah you right there all the others at 6.5 and under are just not consistent enough. But Rondon is the man. Hope they fix that glitch soon it's starting to get to me too.

                • ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Lets give FFS some more life
                  Who else joining me for Europa League Final Fantasy? 😀
                  There is no official one but something is better than nothing 🙂
                  Tell me if anyone is interested
                  https://fantasyeuropaleague.com/en/index.php

                • Siva Mohan
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Thoughts with the people of Manchester and everyone affected by last night's terror attack.

                • ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
                  • 7 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Sad to hear about the Terror attack in Manchester,Shocking news.Thoughts are with the victims and families of those affected

                • Annie
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  6 years, 10 months ago

                  Targetting children, just so sick.