Captains

Captain Poll – Gameweek 10

Preparations for Gameweek 10 begin in earnest this morning with the launch of our Captain Poll to canvass your views on the best armband options.

Inevitably, Harry Kane (12.7) is again expected to be among the front-runners for the armband for his trip to Old Trafford. He produced 32 points for the 18.4% of Fantasy Premier League managers who gave him the captaincy in Spurs’ 4-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley.

Notably, some 55% of Kane’s 2.1 million managers chose alternative options for Gameweek 9, no doubt concerned by his form at Wembley Stadium to that point. Indeed, Kane’s brace and assist on Sunday were his first attacking points in a “home” fixture. However, in away matches, he has already dazzled, scoring six times, more than any other player.

That record bodes well ahead of the Manchester United clash, though Jose Mourinho’s rearguard are the only defence yet to concede on home turf.

Kane may benefit from the potential absence through injury of United defenders Phil Jones and Eric Bailly. Mourinho’s backline looked decidedly shaky against Huddersfield without that pairing, conceding twice once Jones had departed with his latest setback.

Since the weekend, 63,000+ FPL managers have swooped for Kane, while in sharp contrast United striker Romelu Lukaku’s (11.7) ownership has continued to decline, with more than 107,000 ditching him ahead of meetings with Spurs and Chelsea.

Although he’s delivered attacking returns in seven out of nine matches, the Belgian’s popularity as a captain has also dipped – he’s failed to notch double-digit returns since Gameweek 5.

With just two goals conceded on the road and only Manchester City handing home teams fewer shots, Spurs are expected to present Lukaku with his toughest Old Trafford test so far.

The threat of rotation may cool interest in the league leaders after Pep Guardiola opted to bench last week’s poll leader Gabriel Jesus (10.7) against Burnley. Guardiola also kept 15%-owned Raheem Sterling (8.2) as an unused substitute, who was captained by more than 111,000 FPL managers. Some 12,000 of those, or 10.8%, had Kane as their vice-captain.

Nevertheless, Man City’s trip to West Brom could be worth the risk, with the Sky Blues beating the Baggies 4-0 in the same fixture last season, which featured a brace from Sergio Aguero (11.6).

If any City asset is to dominate it is likely to be the Argentinian, who has already been acquired by 173,000+ FPL managers ahead of the next deadline.

While Tony Pulis’ side have only conceded three times in four Hawthorns ties in the league, they could be facing a defensive crisis, with both Jonny Evans and Craig Dawson early injury doubts.

The complexity of second-guessing Guardiola’s teamsheet may open the door for a Liverpool player to challenge at the top of the poll ahead of their home meeting with Huddersfield.

Only Manchester City and Arsenal have fired more shots at home than Jurgen Klopp’s side, who have scored eight times at Anfield.

Heading their cast of captaincy candidates should be the 32%-owned Mohamed Salah (9.1), whose goal against Spurs yesterday was his fifth of a campaign. He’s fired more shots in the penalty area (26) and shots on target (18) than any other FPL midfielder. Indeed, only Kane can better Salah for that second statistic.

Philippe Coutinho (9.0) is likely to challenge Salah’s claims. Since the Brazilian – who has two goals and an assist – returned to the first team in Gameweek 5, he’s second only to Kane for goal attempts, though 18 of his 21 efforts have arrived from outside the box.

However, Huddersfield’s defence should not be overlooked in this equation. They could provide stubborn resistance to Klopp’s attack – only three sides have allowed fewer shots (12) in away matches than the Terriers.

Despite his meagre 2.2% ownership, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez (11.8) could also mount his first significant challenge for the captaincy, with Swansea City next at the Emirates Stadium.

The Chilean has delivered attacking returns in each of his last three starts, including a goal and assist in the Gunners 5-2 defeat of the Toffees – his first double-digit haul of the season.

Home comforts are also set to benefit Alexandre Lacazette (10.3), who has scored or assisted in three of his four Emirates encounters, including a brace against West Brom in Gameweek 6.

While Paul Clement’s side have only conceded once on their travels, the underlying statistics suggest they have been fortunate. Only Burnley and Leicester City have allowed more shots in away matches than the Swans’ defence (80), and both have played a game more than Clement’s men.

Chelsea’s options, and in particular Eden Hazard (10.6), may also gain some attention. They saw off Watford 4-2 on Saturday, though relied on a late rally to earn the three points. Hazard followed a Champions League brace against Roma midweek with an assist against Marco Silva’s side, his first in six league appearances.

A trip to face a Bournemouth defence that has claimed just a single clean sheet presents Hazard with a platform to register a first goal of the campaign. Eddie Howe’s rearguard have so far surrendered 19 big chances – or gilt-edged opportunities – only two sides have conceded more.

His team-mate Alvaro Morata is another contender – the Spaniard has four goals and 23 points in his last two away appearances for the Blues.

Another alternative armband option is Watford winger Richarlison (6.3), who already has three goals and four assists. The Brazilian, who has had more shots than any other midfielder this season, faces a Stoke City side that has conceded 20 goals, an unwanted Premier League high.

The popularity of Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez (8.4) should also be bolstered by the form of visitors Everton. The Algerian has accrued a goal and two assists in his last two starts and has earned bonus on three occasions.

Given that Ronald Koeman’s charges have yet to keep a clean sheet on the road, Foxes striker Jamie Vardy (8.6) should also get the opportunity to end a run of three successive blanks.

The poll is now live in the middle column on your homepage on desktop, or via the slide-in menu on mobile and tablet under Recent Comments.

Remember, we are looking for your vote for the player you think will be most effective, regardless of whether you own them or not.

We will be back to check in on progress in the poll later ahead of the Gameweek 10 deadline when we deliver our “Captain Sensible” article offering an analysis of the results and the statistics behind the leading contenders.

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  1. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    What would you do with 2FTs here? Feel I need some Pool, Coutinho or Salah probably!

    Fabianski
    Otamendi • Bavies • Cédric • Yedlin
    Sterling • Hazard • Richarlison
    Vardy • Lukaku • Kane

    (Elliot / TC / RLC / Ward)

    1. Strchld
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Lukaku » Kun or Jesus and save another one.

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Any help? Lukaku > Kun with my first FT?

    3. LAMELA_AND_CONSUELA
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Lukaku and RLC to Salah and Diouf

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Wow, that’s a different route to go down!

        1. Lionel Fellaini
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          I transferred Chica to Diouf this week paid off. He's got a decent run of fixtures

    4. Hymie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      1. Play Elliot this week for starters;
      2. Bavies to go for Ward
      3. Lukaku to Wood or Laca
      4. Upgrade Carroll to Sanchez (c) or Salah (c)
      (given you have RLC, you could almost play him this week over Yedlin)

      1. Hymie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        I see you have Ward so Bavies to Van Dijk / Yosh

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          Thanks 🙂 Double Soton? Yeah, Elliot starts, that’s last weeks starting team sorry! There are literally no good players I want apart from Kun perhaps

          1. Hymie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 10 days ago

            Might be a bit late to go double Soton. Go Bavies to Dunk instead.

            I think with the plethora of midfield options available you can't setup for 4-3-3 each week and have to open up that 4th midfielder spot for either Rich or Choupo (I have both as 3rd and 4th). Then it's a case of working out whether you're playing 5 mids and 2 strikers or 4 and 3. You look like you're setup for 3 upfront so maybe Luka to Aguero or go low (Diouf?) and bring in big guns (Sanch/Salah) in midfield.

        2. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          And salah/Coutinho

  2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Salah (C)

    1. Poetry in motion
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Same for me.

    2. Dybala10
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Not sure I'm feeling that brave. The lack of Baps also hurt.

  3. TerryVenables
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    I have 2 free transfers.
    (A) Haz + Jesus >> Salah + Aguero
    (B) Do one of the above and sort out Davies with the other transfer.

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      No idea who plays for City! Jesus > Kun could work! And Haz is looking dangerous but so expensive! And who would you go for to replace Davies? There’s no one I like the look of! Salah in sounds good though! So probably A

      1. TerryVenables
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Prob downgrade to Ward. May do Haz > Salah and Choupo > Richarl
        Hope Davies actually starts next week.

    2. Johqvist
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I'm in that same situation and depending on who plays midweek I'll probably keep Jesus and sort Davies out along with Hazard to Salah.

  4. Gideons Rolling Another One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Best 'cheap as chips' third forward option? Max 6m

    A: Tammy
    B: Hemed
    C: Diouf

    ?

    1. ooooo
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      a

    2. Darth_Krid
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Tammy

    3. fishnil
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Okazaki?

      1. Gideons Rolling Another One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Yeah, did look at him, but limited minutes rules him out, I think.

    4. Poetry in motion
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Probably C now that he's playing as striker and with Stoke's fixtures. I'm considering Vardy -> Diouf after this week, but will see what happens this GW first.

      1. Gideons Rolling Another One
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        He's a good option I think.

    5. Sune
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Imo:

      1. Calvert-Lewin
      2. Okazaki
      3. Murray

  5. Darth_Krid
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    I’m so tempted to captain Richarlison as a maverick attempt to gain some lost ground in my ML, but not sure this dullard has enough cojones :p

    On Salah atm.

    1. Poetry in motion
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I'm on Salah (c) Richarlison (vc) for now.

      1. Darth_Krid
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Love the Grav!

  6. Dybala10
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Thinking eventually I may just go back to Lukaku to stop the Aguero-Jesus merry-go-round.

    Kun's price will rocket while Lukaku will drop and GW12 onwards looks good.

    There is the obvious Zlatan caveat but this might stop the Pep heartbreak.

  7. Champions united
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    jesus>augero
    is is a good move??

    1. VaVaVoom
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I'm going with Jesus, they both look about as likely to get points as each other and J is cheaper

      1. Champions united
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        J didnt play last game dont know will he play next games or not

  8. VaVaVoom
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    CAPTAIN KANE

    Davies, Kolasinac, Sterling, Vardy to Ward, Yoshida, Sane, Jesus, sound good?

    1. Konstaapeli
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Sterling to Sane is last weeks points.

    2. trinzoo
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Don't buy Jesus now.

    3. fishnil
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      doesn't. Kola may as well get a cleanie next week. And Davies most likely starts, was recovering from illness. Sane may be benched wit Sterling starting next week.

  9. ooooo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Ryan
    Azpi Otamendi Davies ward
    Salah Slva Richarlison
    Kane Jesus Vardy

    Elliot Jones RLC Carroll

    Got 2ft was thinking to bring in aguero but not so sure now. anyone able to help?

  10. La vida FPL
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Lukaku/Atsu > Morata/Richarlson

    Y/N?

    1. RealSocialDads
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Y

  11. Poetry in motion
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Elliot Fabianski
    Bavies Jones Ward Yoshida Mbemba
    Salah Sterling DSilva Richarlison Carroll
    Kane Jesus Vardy

    2 FT 0.1 ITB
    I can do Bavies -> Moreno, Jesus -> Aguero, but if Aguero rises tonight, I'm priced out.
    Pull the trigger now or stick? Would you do anything else?
    Thanks.

  12. Gameweek 9 Rough with the Smooth
    J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Fantasy Football Scout daily hot topic

    Gameweek 9 Rough with the Smooth

    Feel free to leave your tales of woe and joy here.

    1. Goat
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Taking captaincy off kane for Jesus at 6:58 Friday evening

      1. J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Its what you do not what you didn't.

        1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          Surely what he did then was captaining Jesus over Kane?

          1. J0E
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 10 days ago

            It's the 'taking captaincy off Kane' that is basically to be filed under 'chinny reckon/itchy beard'. Probably true, but impossible to prove.

            Lots say they almost did this and that.

            In the end that is simply a 'captained Jesus'

            1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 10 days ago

              Fair enough! 🙂

    2. Mince n Tatties
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Well Jonty, so much for my triple loaded Man City strategy.

      It might of worked against the Scouts in the Scout Picks GW8 Lottery, but GW9 has been an absolute shocker!

      I already had Jesus going into GW9 and went all guns blazing bringing in Aguero and Sterling.

      Sterling (0pts) in for Ramsey (12pts)
      Aguero (7pts) in for Kane (16pts)
      Chuck in my -4 point hit for the banter

      Leaves me with a 25 point deficit…

      We can’t all be as smooth as you with your Sterling (C) and Kane (VC) moves...

      I’m as happy as Ronald Koeman at a Craig Shakespeare Leaving Party.

      1. Garlana
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        I did the exact same moves, sterling and kun in for Kane/Ramsey.(c) kun...all for a -4.

        The man city bandwagon became hard to ignore.

    3. The Rumour Mill
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough- Standard FPL. 34 points. Jesus captain, Firmino, Eriksen, Davies, Kolasinac, Jones blanks. Top scoring player got 7 points.

      Smooth- Draft FPL. 83 points. Sane, Pedro, Ozil, Mahrez, Hazard, Otamendi, Cedric and Lukaku all scored over 5 points.

    4. Poetry in motion
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - I had Sterling(c) Kane(vc) all week. Moved the (vc) to Jesus on friday...

      1. J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Its what you do not what you didn't.

        1. Solenya
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          How about,
          Eriksen Mbemba -> Sterling Jones for -4
          That's on the back of getting Andy Carroll as the 3rd cheap striker on my WC last week for his red card.

          Never one for catching prices or kneejerks. Wanted to force the issue a bit this time, hence did Eriksen to Sterling before his 0.2 rise and thought Mbemba -> Jones for a -4 is a free transfer at worst and points gain at best.

      2. Johan Queef
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        For what it's worth, I did this too.

    5. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      ROUGH!!!

      I’ve probably had the worst gameweek on the site. No Bailly or Davies for the second week running, Suttner on the bench didn’t play and would have been a jammy sub. For my transfer I did Alli>Sterling (c), with Jesus (vc). So only got 9 out with Brady subbing for Sterling.

      Smooth;

      Gross, Kane. 2 FTs this week.

      37 points and gone from a 6k high to 59k now down to 259k in recent weeks!

      1. jia you
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Nobody who owned Kane had the worst gameweek on the site mate! Trust me, you got 10 more points than me for a start!

    6. RealSocialDads
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Mooy + Kane -> Sterling + Morata

    7. The Wanton Trader
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      How about Captain Sanchez..
      Basically got me 14 points (goal and bonus 2) with the last kick of the game... 🙂

      1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Tbf Sanchez owes you a haul or two

        1. The Wanton Trader
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          Starting to pay off...
          At least he’s in my team already and I won’t have to worry about how to get him in like a lot will be... 😉

    8. Mikeharbrw
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough- Captain Sterling, Vice-Captain Jesus, First sub Fernandez- came on for a minus -1. Rivals in mini-leagues missed the deadline with their captaincys still on Kane from last week :S

      1. Mikeharbrw
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Also my friend Ben did Alli & Mooy to Sterling and Chupo-Moting- by his reckoning it cost him 18 points

    9. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Jesus (C), Sterling no show
      Smooth: Dunk 6 pts off the bench after Davies no show, own Kane and Salah. Lowe and TAA -> Dunk and Yedlin (-4) meant I had 8 points net from my transfers even accounting for the hit 🙂

      Overall meh but only dropped 1 behind new ML leader - and it was looking a lot worse on Saturday night!

      1. The Wanton Trader
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        That could have been an absolute disaster....
        Kane and Salah broke your fall there...

        1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          Yep - had 23 pts on Saturday... Yedlin was highest scorer!

    10. J0E
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Captain Sterling benched, Davies benched, Jesus benched. 22 pts by the end of Saturday.

      Smooth - Vice captain Harry Kane to the rescue! Green arrow and into the top 100K for the first time this season.

      Second ever jammiest vice captain haul - the first being Lampard's incredible 25 pts following Captain Drogba being benched in Chelsea's 7-1 rout of Villa.

      1. Francescoli
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        arsey. nice one.

      2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        I don't think VC-ing Kane is jammy tbh - it's a sensible move if you're going to cap a rotation risk...

        (Unfortunately I had Jesus C and Sterling VC...)

      3. THAT'S LIFE
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Fair play Jonty, but in all honesty the whole Captain, VC business for me does take some of the skill out of the game, saying that as someone who has benefited the same way before. I'd personally do away with captains and make subs get half points (rounded up) if I was head of FPL towers but that's for another debate.

        Well done getting a 5 figure rank and make sure you cash in on this - maybe makes up for that run of 20 pointers last season...

        1. J0E
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          Cheers. Yep, that run last year was unbelievable. Literally everything that could go wrong went wrong for an entire month.

          1. THAT'S LIFE
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 10 days ago

            The joys and pains of FPL 🙂

      4. denial
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        I transferred out Lampard before that game.

        Thanks for reminding me.

        1. J0E
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 10 days ago

          For good or bad I think that is probably one of the most memorable single matches in FPL history.

      5. Prestige_Worldwide
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Similar smooth (jammy) here, had (c) on Sterling, (vc) Kane. Also had Sane & Otamendi so avoided Jesus

      6. HashAttack
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        I still remember the day Dzeko stepped up from VC and scored 4 goals

      7. GuyIncognito
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Think it was 28 points since he got an assist as well.

        And nothing was ever jammier than that snow week when no one played except Tim Cahill. That's why we got the VC system.

    11. mogadishu
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: 9 out of 11 blanks

    12. FrankieTheGent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: (Once again let down by defense) - Kolasinac/Alonso/Jones/Bavies : scoring 3 points between them !!!

      Smooth: Richarlison off the bench and CAPTAINING Kane !

    13. Norman Conquest
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      ROUGH- fernandez own goal
      SMOOTH- sterling (c) Kane (vc )

    14. Dybala10
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Sterling (c) and Jesus (vc), Alli out for Sterling.

      Smooth - Duffy off the bench for Sterling bringing in 7 points, beating average and rising up the ranks slowly but surely.

    15. Pirlø's Pen
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Transferred Alli out for Sterling.

      Sterling (c) Jesus (vc).

      Davies, Mkhi also benched.

      Very rough. Only way is up now though!

    16. Billfred
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough... Jesus benched, Sterling benched, De Gea and Lukaku, Eriksen, Dawson. Pretty much my whole team.

      Smooth... Gross and Kane although my main rivals had Kane captain.

      Overall rank down to 216k and I've already taken a - 8 to do Lukaku, Dawson and Loftus-Cheek to Aguero, Richarlison and Dunk.

    17. Samurai Blue
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Alonso, Kolasinac and Jesus 1 pointers.

      Smooth: Elliot and Walker clean sheets, Gross and Richarlison coming on for Davies and Cresswell, more points from Ritchie, Choupo-Moting, Lacazette and Kane (c).

      76 points and up to 136k OR. Got 2 FTs and thinking of downgrading a defender and upgrading a midfielder. Shifting from 5 to 4 at the back.

    18. THAT'S LIFE
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      So so week with 58. Was happy bringing in Kun and a brave (C) - but expected more from 75 minutes. Kane is doing my head in - captain and he blanks, don't captain he hauls - every bloody week.

    19. Henryyy
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth Last min Kaku C over Morata.CM, Salah Kane.
      Rough : Vardy to Morata. Davies. Jones. Sterling.

      1. Henryyy
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Yeah and add Kola in there...

    20. Bezzer
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough:
      De Gea - 1 point
      Jones - 1 point
      Alonso - 1 point
      Kola - 1 point
      RLC - 1 point

    21. Legomané
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Davies Sterling Jesus Wimmer and RLC all benched - 1st time I've ever needed 3 off the bench...for 5pts

      Hazard (c) was at least better than Jesus (c) which everyone in ML seemed to go with. Gutted not to have gone Kane for a big rise.

      Azpi, Stones and Elliot did ok. Kane for 55 all out.

    22. herman murman
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Having okazaki as second sub, two first team members didn't play, result 9 PTS from the bench. Wrong! Bloody wimmer and Davies. Also Jesus as capt. Still got 62 PTS but could have been so much better

    23. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      rough: did kane to lukaku as i had what i thought was the luxury of the wildcard. main reason in the end was needing a captain, was hesitant on jesus (starting doubt) and kane (wembley points doubt).
      also had a 1 week punt on martial.

      smooth: got rid of phil jones on friday as i felt an injury was imminent given he was already playing through the pain barrier, replaced with yoshida

    24. Bird Raymond
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Davies, Wimmer, Sterling and Jesus dropped. I had a full playing bench but they all got a point a piece. Captained Hazard over Kane.

      Smooth - A lucky assist for captain Hazard, cheers Pedro. Happy with playing Elliot every week. My Wood/Chupo-Moting rotation delivered again.

    25. Sharkytect
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Three players (clark, davues, sterling) not starting giving me 15 points off the bench instead (groß, duffy, carroll)

      Three players not starting giving me a lot of defensive rebuilding to do.

    26. MANGE TOUT RODNEY
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Captained Jesus (1), Kane vice captain (16).
      Brought in 'differential' Martial, played 45 mins and got booked for nul points.
      RLC (1) and Ward (1) off the bench for Cresswell and Bavies.
      Alonso 1 pointer.
      Vardy blank.

      Here endeth the gameweek.

    27. La vida FPL
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth: friend of mine FORGOT about the Friday deadline and left his team as is...

      Of course he left Kane (c) and Batshuiya coming off the bench for Clark as well as Sane, Salah and others. Total of 97 points springboarding him to the top of my mini league...

      1. lespaul
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Ha same actually 2 or 3 people didn't realise deadline was friday and left kane as c

    28. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth - Sterling (c) & Kane (vc)

      Was on 24 points on Saturday. Finished Sunday with 61pts.

    29. Nanoelektronicar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Kane to (K)un.

    30. David Slade
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Saved transfer with 1 mil ITB. Captain Kane 81 all out OR up to 18.4k. Had RLC first on the bench so he got me 1 point.

    31. Boris Bodega
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Captained Lukaku instead Kane - well it's not that rough but the nearest I have.

      Smooth: saved my FT keeping Lacazette and ended with a nice 69 (points!) and a rise up into the top 500k for the first time this season.

    32. Badluck Jonathan
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth: Kane (c) who got me 32 sweet points.

      Rough: My other 10 players who scored 28 points between them.

      Overall: Another green arrow and into the top 50k. God bless you Harry.

    33. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      never do this but hey ho why not...

      Rough..

      Transferred out Alli to Silva.. Real football is far more important so not that bothered....COYS

      Smooth

      Doucouré was my 1st sub that came on for Suttner
      Transferred out Jones last week to Otamendi so has paid off, last week I was gutted though.

    34. Bald Eagle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Cresswell benched, Jones injured in first half, Davies benched, Jesus benched, Sterling (C) benched, my first sub (and only sub) RLC benched

      Smooth: Kane (VC) as I thought he would score one, but Sterling would do better.

      19 points before last game. Kane saved my day almost all by him self by getting me more points than the rest of the team all together. 🙂

      What an emotional roller-coaster.

    35. President Giggs
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - My 24m defense of Alonso, Kolasinac, Davies and Jones returned a total of 3 points. Eriksen -> Sterling netted me a solid 0 point return.

      Smooth - Salah, Choupo, Kane and Aguero (C) all contributed and gave me a small green arrow. Into the top 500k!

    36. Mark-O
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Eriksen Vardy to Richarlison and Kun. Chelsea were dodgy in defence and Watford always find a way to score apart from against City so that worked out well.

      The only rough was not captaining Kane given that Spurs doesn’t have a good record against Pool in past meetings and the Wembley curse has been broken at this unfortunate timing!

      1. Mark-O
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Mega smooth with Otamendi to cover for not captaining Kane

        Another loss was DDG against Huddersfield 🙁

    37. Kings of Lyon ★
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Wildcarded and got rid of Ramsey, Sanchez, Kane, Cedric and Ritchie after a horrible previous GW. My team scored an average 50 points but lost significant ground in MLs with Kane VCs. Worst ever start.

    38. pax888
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth overall!

      Rough - Ben Davies.
      Smooth - Elliot, Walker, Richarlison, Kane, Aguero (c).

      Into top 100k with 2 free transfers again for next week.

    39. Red Wasabi
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough:
      43 points.

      Transferred out Salah for Sterling.

      Benched Elliot and played Fabianski.

      Just 1 point separates myself and the second place guy in mini league.

    40. Lambey
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth - Goals from Monreal, Otta, Kane, CS from Cedric and Elliot. 70 points overall (66 after hit) and up from 800k to 500k.

      Rough - Could have been so much better, Ramsey (12) and Azpi (7) out for Sterling (0) and Jones (1) (-4) cost me 22 points. However thought had Surmans 9 points coming off the bench as didn't realise RLC had come on for 13mins for a whole 1 point instead.

      Good week could have been a lot better

    41. Lionel Fellaini
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth Chica to Diouf
      Rough PEP!

    42. applebonkers
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      guess we should also say a bonus points from elliot despite zero saves was a smooooooth

    43. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      rough: 2 pts off bench (RLC & Kola) for Sterling & Bavies - 2 so-called big hitters.
      Jesus, Vardy.. so 4.50pm Saturday - grim reading 25pts from 8 starters. prov rank dropping back to around 90k.

      smooth: VVD 9 pts leads fight back. Then Kane(c) and Salah bring things up to a very unexpected 73pts and a decent green arrow up to 18k.

    44. Basil1977
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth i got got 61 points this week which isn't to bad this week.(My transfer was Jesus to Morata C didn't work out)
      Rough everyone in my mini league either forgot about the friday night deadline so still had Kane as captain, or had Sterling as captain and vice captain Kane.
      Dropped from top of mini league to 3rd but an overall rise of over 100 k after 4 red arrows

    45. Expected Toulouse
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Got Davies and Vardy out for Fernandez and Morata for a -4 hit.

    46. Swansea Bloke
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: My whole team stunk the place up. Alonso, Morata, Zaha, Silva blanks and not one clean sheet.

      Smooth: Sterling (c) Kane (vc) and a Salah goal to save my GW

      Phew!

    47. I am 42
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      ramsey to sterling

    48. athreya
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Davies, Jones, Alonso, Sterling, Zaha, Eriksen

      Smooth: Kun, Lukaku, Forster

      Overall disstrous week. The premium defender strategy in tatters. The no Kane strategy ripped apart. Looking at 4-5 transfers in 2 weeks to get back in the game. The hits will keep on coming.

    49. wormface
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Copying the hoky koky kane to Luk.

    50. 328345
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: -8 taking out Foster as I thought he was injured for Hart, Brady for Zaha and Laccazette out for Morata, who I captained (had Kane) Also had Bavies and Sterling who didn't play, Alonso who got me 1 pt and Vardy. Was on 12 points-8 after saturday night.

      Smooth: Kane, kept faith with Ali, and Monreal all cushioning the blow on Sunday to leave me only 12 pts from top of my cash league.

    51. ragonian
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      like a lot of people, Harry (VC) saved my week, but more importantly a guy who was second in one of my MLs had:

      Baily, Davies, Sterling (C), Jesus (VC), baines (0), RLC and mikhi.

      He finished on 13pts, and a 5.2m game week rank – anyone seen lower than this?!

      to make it even worse, he sold Ali for sterling!

    52. JurgenRodgers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough
      Sold Ramsey for Sterling for a -4
      39 minuets between Jesus Sterling Cresswell & Jones

      Smooth
      Kane & Salah saving my Gw to just below average 48

    53. FredtheRed
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough!
      Scored a career low of 21 last week. My response was to play my wildcard for GW9. Out went Kane and Alli and Hazard, in came Jesus, Silva and Sterling.

      Moratta also came in and did nothing. Held Lukaku for his "plum" Huddersfield fixture.

      Bought two new keepers (Hart and Ryan), in for the injured Foster and Myhill, and played Hart - the wrong one!

      This season is awful!

    54. Eden ACCOUNT CLOSED
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Last weeks rough was Cedric over Jones on WC, this weeks is, Jones > Cedric on FT.

      FML.

    55. Hymie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      *long post alert*

      I had silver lining to my gameweek.

      Having wildcarded GW8 and moved out Sterling for Otamendi to join Silva and Jesus as my 3 MCI. It made sense, I told myself, given Aguero might ruin him down the track.

      GW8 arrives and I get burnt. I sat through the frustration all week,didn't knee-jerk, and held tight to the this weekend. 'No need to take a hit or two just to move 3 City players around', I told myself. 'Captain Kane makes sense per RMT' I said.

      Fastforward to GW9 and Lukaku, Jesus, Morata, Sterling, Eriksen fail. Holding tight after an initial bad post-WC weekend yielded me 95 points and an approx 500k jump up to top 40k.

      https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/team/719/event/9

      Try to avoid following the herd where you can. This week, my trade is likely to be Alli to Salah. I want Sanchez but can't make it work without 2 hits. Which won't work. If you can make it work, he's your skipper this weekend 🙂

    56. The Red Devil
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Had it ready since last evening
      Rough & Smooth for FFS scoutcast

      Rough-
      Took a 16 point hit & the ones i sold got returns(Hazard, Ritchie, Foster outscored DDG)
      Sterling(C) Failed, Jones+DDG double up failed, Vardy blank

      Smooth-
      Harry Kane(VC), Nicholas Otamendi Funny how two players saved my potentially disastrous GW, also Gross & richarlison steady returns

    57. Vinnie Rodrigues
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough- Captained Jesus, another Davies blank.

      Smooth: Had Kane and Otamendi. Removed Mkhitaryan for Richarlison as well. Rise of 400k & 2.7m ITB with wildcard in tact.

    58. FotnikPL
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Nothing smooth 🙁
      Rough: I took -4 hit to bring Fernandez (-1) and Morata (1) in.
      (C) Jesus and (VC) Kane. 40 pts total.

    59. vuleeeee
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth - Kane (C) & Elliot on goal
      Rough - 13 points from remaining 9 players

    60. BJButterman
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      The rough: making Sterling my captain
      The smooth: making Kane my vice-captain

    61. Rossonero
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth this week, got 73 pts and the biggest smooth is that i'm happy with my team.

      WCed two GWs ago and saved transfer last week so i'm sitting with 2 frees and full playing squad.

      Bavies autosubbed for Dunk's 6 pts was sweet but thats what WC is for, getting a strong team and a strong bench.

    62. Stoke me a Clipper
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Jesus Captain, Davies & Sterling No Shows

      Smooth: Got the Sane haul & a smooth 9-pointer for VVD

    63. Darth_Krid
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Hugely-needed smooth this week. 72 points with Kane (c), Azpi and Salah the main contributors. Up to 440k from 810k after a run of four red arrows.

      Rough: Transfer was Davies > Jones while I watched all my main rivals enjoy those Otamendi points. Also watching Richarlison miss those chances was rough...doubt he’ll be a differential for long either with that goal threat.

    64. the Penman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Here we go - probably a typical tale:

      My transfers this week were Kane & Davies out, for Morata and Jones, for a 4 point hit.

      And captained Morata.

      44 points, crashed down to over 1m OR.

      1. the Penman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        On balance, Ramsey has earned his stay late on Sunday - his head was on the chopping block for a Watford downgrade but might now switch out Brady instead. The only real highlight in a dreary week, with my Brighton pair of 6s (Gross and Ryan) my only other main contributors.

    65. PoKoeman
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Not limited to this week but having been set on Mendy and Simpson on WC back in GW5 I made a last minute decision to change to Otamendi and Monreal. Feels like the only good decision I've made all season!

    66. Dreams
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough : Jones(1), Fernandez (-1, first negative score by a player), Simpson, Eriksen, Wood, Bavies and Jesus.
      Smooth - Hazard(c), Ramsey, Kane, Groß and Elliot. Green arrow. 1.4m OR.

    67. FPLzebub
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Took a hit last GW to bring in Batshuayi and then took a hit this GW to replace him with Morata. Davies and Sterling no shows meant I only fielded 10 players.

      Smooth - 76 pts (-4) and another green arrow sees my team rise from a season low of 3.2m to a season high of 176k.

    68. Shultan
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough
      Alli > sterling
      Captained lukaku

      Smooth
      Keeping kane instead of transfering to morata which i was very tempted to do based on this site

    69. Rover
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      My first rough that's maybe rough enough to be worthy of making it onto the Scoutcast. Played my WC this week with 10 changes in total:

      Azpi, Trip, Bertrand, Suttner, Salah, Ritchie, Choupo-Moting, Brady, Kane, Jesus out
      Jones, Maguire, Daniels, Hunemeier, Sterling, Coutinho, Zaha, Richarlison, Aguero, Morata in

      - Everyone I took out bar Jesus and Brady returned. Everyone I got in bar Richarlison and Aguero blanked. Suttner > Hunemeier was a bench transfer anyway.
      - Old XI outscored my new XI by 34 points
      - Slipped from inside 500k to outside 1m
      - Crashed out of LMS just 2 short of safety score
      - But oddly just 2 further transfers and I'm happy with my team moving forward

      1. Rover
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        In case anyone is wondering, Lukaku/Jones > Kane/Bruno are the two transfers

    70. Rolls off the tongue (BCFC1…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth... Otamendi scoring with full bonus points and changing my name 😉

      Rough... Its time to wildcard... my gylfi love is no more and don't get me started on West Ham players

    71. Big Hippo
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Pretty smooth. 80 points thanks to Kane as captain and banked FT.

    72. Burger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Only a smooth for me, had Sterling(c), Jesus(vc) up until 6:28pm on Friday then switched vc to Kane on a whim which obviously paid dividends. But to top it all off i had Monreal first sub so another 7pts lucked in.

      I don't ever get jammy points, so i'm going to enjoy the moment.

      1. Burger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Oh and brought Otamendi in in place of Mbemba so that was also a nice victory in an otherwise tricky season so far.

    73. ianlamerton
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough:

      Captained Lukaku over Kane

      Lost faith in Alli - ditched him for Sterling

      Smooth:

      54 points for the week. Just above average with a small rank rise despite having Davies, Cresswell, and Sterling with only 1 active sub (Brady) so playing with 9 players.

    74. Freddo
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough
      Jesus captain (after going back and forth all Friday with Kane)
      Davies benched
      Sterling benched
      Jones off injured
      Jesus on for 10 mins
      1 point from my 7m defender

      Smooth
      Dropped from 6k to 21k, I guess if you can have a horrific car crash week and still be 21k it has to be seen as a small result.

    75. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      No smooth here just pure rough..... Sterling(c) Jesus(vc) says it all

    76. VIRATKOHLI18
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth! Sanchez(c), Kane, Okazaki all delivering

    77. FIFA King
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth - (C) Kane when most captained Jesus in mini league. Basis for Kane was thinking about the Dortmund game and how well he played when a team didn't park the bus and opened up against them and thought Liverpool only play one way. Thought even if Jesus started he would've struggled against a stubborn Burnley address.

      Picking Sane last week has proved so far to be the best Man City mid for the past few weeks.

      Picked Elliot over Foster

      Rough - Fernandez (OG) leaving him with -1

    78. Aarono23
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: All week I planned to just do a free transfer Bavies to Daniels. On Friday at around 6.30pm I suddenly decided to couple that with a second transfer for a hit, removing Kane for Morata and captained him. Lead to a 19 point swing (was previously captaining Jesus so that at least had no impact).

      Was hoping for Kane blank and good Morata performance to push me up my mini leagues, but have instead took a massive drop.

      Smooth: Now out of LMS so I can concentrate on the league.

      1. Aarono23
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Could also add Sterling and Jesus performances/non-performances, no Eriksen involvment, only one clean sheet (Elliot), and I am a Liverpool fan

    79. Rohirrims
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Lots of smooths with a 68 point GW and a banked transfer. Defense really stepped up with everybody contributing either with a clean sheet or a goal. OR now at 65k mark and green arrows in most of my MLs. Pretty happy to take the assist points for Hazard (C) though his fantasy output looks to be a concern at this point. My only real transfer option was to drop Kane for Lukaku (C) for lack of alternative captains and bottled it last minute as it's a scary though to be without Kane.

      Rough: Jesus and/or RLC coming on cost me a few points as Richarlison was sitting pretty with his 5 points as my first sub. Can't believe what I was thinking picking RLC over Richarlison in the first place. Coutinho is doing his thing of blanking whenever I select him but in the end I'm sure he will come good.

      1. Mika-eel
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Rough: Out goes Lacazette for Jesus and Captain.

        smooth: Surman is for Sterling.

        54 points not too bad.

      2. sym
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        No smooth just rough: Taking out Kante(injured), Mooy (done nothing since gw2 and sub last 2) and Kane for
        Sterling, RLC and Morata for -8 point hit. Giving players in 2 points, and players out 23 points plus the minus 8 means a loss of 29 points, also having Bavies, Jesus and Jones, red arrow down 800k places.

    80. Ramboros
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Ramsey decided to get a double digit haul in stoppage time to make my Sterling move look stupid. My defenders completed less than 90 minutes played in total, and only brought in 2 points. Davies, Suttner and Jones are all questionable for the next few games. Alonso could lose out on valuable minutes if Conte decides to use a different system.

      Smooth: Kane (C) and KdB show yet again why they are priced highly. Ayew delivers another assist. 7th green arrow of the season.

    81. Railwayman
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Sterling (C), Jesus (VC), Davies, Jones.

      Smooth - 69 points in this GW and I'm in the 100k for the first time this season.

      1. George James
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Fantastic score considering the rough mate

    82. LoyalRoyal
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Fairly Smooth - Otamendi, last minute switch of captain from Jesus to Hazard. (would of been better if it was for Kane) Shaqiri out for Chupo. Ritchie keeps on giving 🙂

      65 Points

    83. Firminooooo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Jesus (C), Kane (VC).
      Sterling in for a hit.
      Sold Ramsey and Salah.
      B Davies
      Dawson injured.
      Smooth: Sane, Elliot and Kane.

    84. jia you
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough as a bag of badgers:
      My defence scored a grand total of 4 points(Bellerin/Alonso/Jones/Davies/Ward).
      Brought Sterling in for Ramsey for a hit.
      Eriksen, Jesus, Vardy, Carroll, Sterling fails (only Gross & Kaku did anything of note).
      27 points and a pretty severe drop in OR from 400k to 1.1m.

    85. Pierce34
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Transferred out Ramsey to Sterling for a hit.

      Wasn't all bad though - double Newcastle defence and Kane (though not captain) saved my week.

    86. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I'm not going to be able to touch some of the Sterling captainers here who had Kane VC (Jonty) but I have to mention Shane Duffman Duffy again because last week he stayed on long enough to get a CS for me before coming off before Brighton scored and this week, because Bavies didn't play he came off the bench for me for 7 points! I've only had him 2 weeks on a WC and I think I have to keep him for good because he seems to be a lucky charm! Luck of the Irish!

    87. HashAttack
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough : sold Otamendi / bought Jones; sold Laca / bought Morata, made him captain over Kane
      No smoothies to report

    88. KickIt
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Kane and Ritchie out for Sterling and Morata for a hit. Then Sterling (C) with Jesus (VC). Defense with Davies and Jones. Loads of points loss and a 1 million drop in rank.
      Smooth: Absolutely nothing this week!! Except some justified rage transfer hits this GW.

      1. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Ouch

    89. George James
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Davies >> Jones,
      David Silva and Jesus blanking, Vardy (again)

      Smooth - 75 points in total with Kane cap, Azpil goal was sweet. Pretty happy overall

    90. Sleep Talk
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Sterling(c) not showing up.
      Smooth: Kane (vc) showing up.

    91. Bucket_
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Big ol' humble brag, but bringing in Otamendi and KDB for Davies and Eriksen, captaining Harry and ending up with my highest ever overall rank so far of 5,240 makes this my smoothest GW for a long while!

    92. Hotdogs for Tea
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - two Chelsea attackers, two City attackers, one Arsenal wing back - no returns

      Smooth - none

    93. DeadStarComing
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Simple rough one: Salah out to Sterling. What a waste of a transfer!

    94. Spockazulu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Sterling (C), Cresswell, Davies all benched

      Smooth - Doucoure and Niasse auto sub, Kane (Vice C)

      29pts to the good and green arrow from 490k to 103k

    95. Trust John
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      First time in living memory I got five clean sheets from 5 at the back - plus a goal and four bonus points in total! 40pts from keeper and back four. Managed 86pts overall too - thanks to Kane (c). GW rank of 35,047 best so far this season. Up about 800k places to 288,000. Helped Team Blindia FC in FFS Community Watch tournament to a narrow victory too! Shout out to my Blindia boys! A GW to smile about.

    96. Meltens
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth all around, had Monreal coming in for Bavies, captained Kun, ended up on 80 points.

      Went from 1 million OR to 370k OR 🙂

    97. beefo
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth: 55 points; green arrows (including up two spots in my ML); solid point scores from Kane, Elliot, and Stones; saved my FT for use this coming week.
      Rough: captained Hazard; 8 players with either 0, 1, or 2 points.

    98. Pep says
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      First appearance on this HT. From 3+ million OR after GW3. 1m before this GW. Up to 500k now

      VVD, Ota, Elliot, Haz and Richarlison all delivering

      VC on Kane was annoying, Kaku got 5pts at least.

      Sterling benched for RLC's 1 pt

      Worst was Clark being dropped when Newcastle kept a cleanie. Had Ward off the bench for another 1 pt.

      And Davies no show.. Ladapo 3rd sub no show.

      70pts. Happy!

    99. RedLightning
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Smooth:
      It started so well with Doucoure's goal. 🙂
      Rough:
      But then it all went rapidly downhill - Jesus, Sterling (C), Davies and Clark all benched - Jones went off injured - everyone blanked apart from Doucoure, Elliott and Lukaku (V) - didn't own Kane or any playing City players - and finished with only 36 points.
      Red arrows in all my mini-leagues and eliminated from LMS.
      Dropped from 293k to 651k, back to where I was after GW7. 🙁

      1. Ginola14
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        rough
        captained lukaku
        smooth
        saved ft scored 65 and up to top 2k with wc still intact

    100. Pieterke30
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough - Sterling (C) and Jesus owner.

      Smooth - Kane VC and still had Alli (who will now make way for Salah)

    101. TokyoRisingSun
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: sold Kane and Ramsey for Aguero and Zaha.

      Smooth: pretty much every other player returned. Otamendi, Azpi, Trippier, Ritchie, Lukaku, Lacazette etc.

    102. Nas
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Following my shocking 24 pts the previous game week, I got mad and decided I won't sign into the fpl website till after this gameweek, leaving my gw8 team unchanged for gw9.

      Buckled on Thursday and made 3 transfers for -4. Sold lacazette 6 for morata 1, Ritchie 6 for Sterling 0, and kolasinac 1 for Fernandez -1. Switched capt from Kane to morata.
      Ended up with 58 points after the -4 deduction. My gw8 team would have had 82 pts.

      Gw 8 I was punished for not being aggressive and getting citt players and gw9 in punished for being aggressive.

    103. Kase II
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Set my captain to Sterling and vice to Silva whilst trying to bath my 1 year old triplets on a frenzied Friday night deadline. Forgot to save team in the hurriedness of it all, leaving my captain on Kane from last week.

    104. Sánchez
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough:

      Had Alonso Jones Mkhi Sterling and Jesus, so by 3:25 on Saturday when Jones went off injured, I was seriously panicking having 3 attackers benched and already an Alonso blank. Had 4pts from these 5 plus Kolasinac and Firmino later.

      Smooth: Kane (c) saved gw to give 59 points and a 7th out of 8 green arrow to go to a 48k rank. Felt like I'd escaped from near death situation after the start I had

    105. goriuanx
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Sold Kane, only had 2 playing defenders

      Smooth: Nothing. That's why I've wildcarded 🙂

    106. Springbank
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I think I have a good smooth granted probably not the only one.. One of Fantasy Football golden rule you do not captain and vice captain from he same team:

      Sterling (c) Kane (vc) - also have Jesus.
      Surman first sub from the bench with his lovely 9points!!!

      Rough: Luis, Davies

      1. Springbank
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        69pts and gained 120k places into top 100k for first time this season

    107. Hamish Bruce
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough. Rough. Rough
      Batshuayi & Ramsey out > Morata (c) & Zaha in. 24pts worse off
      Sterling and Jesus in team as well 🙁

    108. wulfrunian
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough:Alli(9 points)+Ramsey(12 points)->Antonio(2 points)+Sterling

    109. nicoTours
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Captaining Sterling; Alonso 1 pointer...again; opting for Naughton as 1st sub and Okazaki as 2nd.

      Smooth: vice captaining Kane; Otamendi goal and CS; Yoshida CS .

    110. FPL Puppy
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough: Coutinho -> Sterling (-4), Davies no show, benched Elliot (played Fabianski). Horrible Saturday in general.
      Smooth: Lukaku -> Aguero (free transfer, gained 2pts and also gained 0.2 in value by moving to Aguero early), Monreal goal, Harry - the King - Kane captain.

      65 (-4) pts, green arrow. Climbed over 100k places. Highest rank of the season so far. And team looks good for next GW.
      Very happy. 🙂

    111. scootadee
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Rough!
      Swapped Cedric (6) and Ramsey (12)

      for Jones (1, injured) and Zaha (3) for a hit.

      i had to do the ramsey one to make the money for jones.

      i wasnt sure if ramsey would play.
      zaha looked great against chelsea
      Jones was going up and i'd been wanting to get him for weeks
      have forster in goal and wasnt liking the double up with the saints.

      But yeah, safe to say im still wondering why i did it.
      saved 0.2 but id prefer the points!

    112. 5os
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Rough: 3 no-shows (Sterling, Bavies, Wimmer), 3 non-starters (RLC, A. King, Jesus)
      Sort of smooth: Double Southampton CS with 3 BPS (VVD, Cedric). Hazard captain instead of Sterling or Jesus (every point counts).
      Above average with 57 points despite 6 players blanking so can't really complain overall.

    113. savi87
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      I had held onto my two misfiring big hitters for weeks only to drop Sanchez and Kane for hazard and aguero, with my two free transfers. I also dropped Tom Davies for chupo-moting for a hit. All looked Rosie until Sunday rolled around.

    114. lahi
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Rough :
      Morata(C) Kane VC
      Morata + Sterling in -4
      Jones injury
      Played DDG over Elliot
      Davies no show
      Kolasinac over Monreal 4 GWs back

    115. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      9 of my outfield 11 returned a total of 13 points. Even Kane’s 16 points and Elliot’s 7 didn’t bring an air of respectability to my 36 pts. Captained Sterling, vc Jesus, dropped 500k places.

      Gash Gameweek!

    116. Bunk Moreland
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Rough:

      Sigh...

      My season had been going OK, ranked around 500k. Still, I had no Utd defender, just 1 city attacker and no Chelsea players. I had triple Spurs and with their upcoming fixtures, I saw fit to use my wildcard.

      I drafted in double United defense (DDG + Jones), Alonso and Scott Dann. Shifting to a 3-5-2 formation due to the lack of decent third strikers I went for Sterling (C) - Silva - Coutinho - Richarlison - Chopo. Remembering how poor Kane was the last time he came from an exhausting CL midweek match and considering his fixtures, I also took my chance on Morata instead of him (who also looked tired, but had better fixtures). I kept Jesus.

      The immediate result was 25 points and a fall in rank from 500 k to 1,3 mill.

      The smooth was that Morata (VC) was subbed after 60 minutes, and not after 59.

      1. Jayv807
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        That is very rough....

    117. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      My pre-wildcard actually would have scored 2 more points than my current team - but I am much happier going forward and made quite a lot of £££ so not calling this a rough.

      A rough has to be me switching Dunk for Fernandez literally 1 minute before the deadline. I could only laugh when Fernandez scored that own goal... I spent a week looking at stats, decided Dunk was the best sub 4.5 option and then at the last minute changed to a player with 0 goal threat, playing for a inconsistent Swans team... I only have myself to blame!

    118. Doni555
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Smooth: Had Sterling (C) and Kane (VC). Had suttner as bench 1 but since he didn't play, Mooy came on. Had Sterling come on for 1 minute would have cost me 21 points. Ended up on a very jammy 68.

    119. FPLWedders
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Rough.

      Got impatient with Kane, Ramsey, Salah, Firmino and Ritchie so played wildcard.

      Lost out on 18 points and lost money on getting rid of Kane.

      After wildcard:

      Elliot (7)
      Cedric (6), Jones (1), Fernandez (-1), Ward (1)
      Richarlison (5), Hazard (5), D.Silva (3), Zaha (3)
      Aguero (7) Lukaku (10 Captain)

      Bench: Pope (3), Cresswell (0), Sterling (0), Quaner (0)

      Total Points First 11 = 47

      Before wildcard:

      Elliot (7)
      Jones (1), Naughton (1), Ward (1)
      Ramsey (12), Salah (7), Ritchie (6), Carroll (2)
      Kane (16) Lukaku (10 Captain), Firmino (2)

      Bench: Foster (3), Davies (0), Sterling (0), Mee (1)

      Total Points First 11 = 65

      Conclusion: Patience pays off. But hope to pick up points over the next 4 gameweeks. Won't take a hit to bring in Kane until Spurs play Crystal Palace.

    120. AllGonePozzo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Rough: Jesus(c) fail, Davies and Wimmer no show replaced by 1 point subs
      Smooth: Kane and Salah saved my gameweek although moving captain off Kane cost me dear. Azpi goal after 2 previous weeks helped but still rather he hadn't.

    121. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      I took a 4 point hit to do Bed Davies and Kane to Phil Jones and Morata.

      I fully believed that Morata and change would score better then Kane over the next 5 weeks, its not started well.

      I’m also a Liverpool fan

    122. The Cloud Watcher
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Smooth: Captained Kane.

    123. Countttom
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 9 days ago

      Rough:

      Sold Alli (scored), Niasse (scored) and Lowe. For Morata (1), Carroll (on my bench) and Cresswell (dropped) for -8. Captained Sterling, vice capped Jesus then got my entire bench on for a combined score of 3 points (Carroll, Holebas, Mee).

      Ended with 30 (-8), my worst score for a "full" (all teams play) gameweek in 6 years.

      1. Countttom
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 9 days ago

        *2 points off the bench even.

  13. Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10
    J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Scout Pick Community Champion Lottery – Gameweek 10

    Once again we are on the look out for a champion to represent the community to take on the Scout Picks and win the chance of a prize.

    If you want to take part please email your FFS name and FPL ID number to community@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk .

    The champion will then be selected at random shortly after the deadline of 8:30am Wednesday and then be asked to submit their XI by Friday 12 noon by emailing me at jonty@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk

    We only need 11 picks and please be mindful of the 84m budget. There’s no captain in the picks either and please stick to a designated FPL formation, including no more than three players from one team. No captain or chips will be applied.

    At the end of the season the champion who beats the picks by the highest margin will win a £100 Amazon voucher.

    The champion will be revealed in a midweek Scout Squad article, which will outline our initial thinking around the picks. Our and the champions picks will be revealed as usual in the Scout Picks article.

    Should the community “Champion” fail to provide an initial or final Scout Pick selection, then an “Assistant Manager” chosen by us, will gain control of the selection to represent the community for the Gameweek in question.

    1. Boris Bodega
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Go on then I'll give myself a chance. Email sent 🙂

    2. wormface
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Copying the hokey pokey kane to Luk

  14. RealSocialDads
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Can wildcard from

    Forster Elliot
    Kola Bavies Mee Jones Maguire
    KDB Sterling Salah Ritchie TC
    Lukaku Morata Abraham

    to

    Fab Elliot
    Otamendi Jones Ward Kiko Maguire
    KDB Sterling Salah Richarlison TC
    Kane Morata Abraham

    Worth it? Or should i just do Lukaku + Bavies -> Kane + Kiko (-4)

    1. fishnil
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Have a feeling United will tighten up next week. Don't see a need to take a hit this week.

  15. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Likelihood of Davies price holding till Weds? I'm not optimistic looking at fplstats

    New article so repost

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      might not effect you depending on when you bought him..... check that before panic selling, I want otamendi though so may be forced to do it tonight...

      1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Got at 5.6 so if he drops again can only sell for 5.6

        Short for Otamendi but if Stones rises too I'll be gutted

        Might just wait till after City game - if one of my Spurs boys (Erik and Kane) get injured on Weds then I'll have to suck it up, but don't think they'll play tbh

    2. Eden ACCOUNT CLOSED
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I'm not either. Holding him though, don't expect a United goal.

      1. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 10 days ago

        Aye fair enough. Sick of the rotation though - brought him in before Swansea and he's only played 2 since then! Don't see City conceding to WBA either so not concerned with losing him for Stones 🙂

  16. @fpl_phenom
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Fabianski Elliot
    Kola Davies Jones Naughton Hunemeier
    Salah Sterling Atsu RLC Carroll
    Kane Lukaku Jesus

    1FT £1.2M ITB

    Jesus & Davies > Aguero & Otamendi for a hit?

    have exact cash to do this tonight??

    yah or nah???

    1. steven8991
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      yah

    2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      I'm not sold on Jesus to Aguero to be honest - I'm not sure that we won't see Pep troll and leave Kun on the bench. Tbh when Morata looks back and firing properly I'll be getting rid of Jesus for Morata

    3. fishnil
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      You might just even out. can you do just Davies to Ota?

  17. VaVaVoom
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Lukakku + Fernandinho to Rashford + Salah. Place bets now

  18. HD7
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    G2G?

    Elliot
    Walker Jones Simpson Kola
    Sterling Atsu Eriksen
    Kane Kaku Jesus(C)

    Subs: Fabianski, Carroll, Chalobah, Mbemba

    1. @fpl_phenom
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      im intrigued that you would be confident enough to captain Jesus... would you change him to aguero if you had the cash to do so?

      nice team by the way

  19. You've got red on you.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    To fund Salah...

    De Gea - Elliot
    Otemendi - Daniels - Ward - _________ - Mbemba
    Silva - Salah - __________ - RLC - Carroll
    Kane - Lukaku - Vardy

    a) Azpi and Choupo

    b) Sterling and 4.4 def

  20. J0E
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    New community article

    Here's Andre94PT with a look at the differing attacking styles of Prem Lg sides

    http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2017/10/23/team-attacking-styles/

  21. anish10
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Jesus > Aguero to avoid price rise?

  22. pakornk
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    This week:
    1.Richarlison vs Sterling ?
    2. Hazard vs Salah?

  23. Athletic Nasherbo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    WC here would really love some thoughts on it. By no means final as need to wait on Jones.

    Elliot Hennessey
    Azpilicueta Otamendi Monreal Ward Yedlin
    Eriksen D.Silva Richarlison Stanislas T.Carroll
    Kane Aguero Abraham

  24. hogree
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    2 Free Transfers 0 ITB - what would you do with this squad?
    Fab - Eliott
    Bavies - Maguire - Luiz (Wimmer - Dunk)
    Hazard - Silva - RLC - Richarlison (TC)
    Jesus - Vardy - Kane

    Just do the simple Bavies out move for someone else? Or go for a liverpool mid? Any ideas?

  25. ooooo
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Quick poll Jesus or Aguero?

    1. RealSocialDads
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Aguero

    2. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      kun

  26. Kodap
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    7m for a 3rd striker, already have Kane and Kun, who do you get?

    1. RealSocialDads
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Abraham

    2. Teror
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Diouf looks best right now. I'm an unhappy Vardy owner currently considering the 3rd striker spot.

  27. Whits
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Good moves or waste, for a -4 hit?

    Lukaku and Jesus to Morata and Aguero.

    1. fishnil
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Just Lukaku to Morata if you should.

  28. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Not sure why so many moving on Lukaku, gets returns and is nailed

    1. Karan14
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 10 days ago

      Can’t wait to get him back in GW12 honestly.

      Around the same time people were getting rid of Ibra last when he had the stats and not the points. 10 goals in 11 games is what followed after that.

      Lukaku has a better conversion rate than Ibra if you compare with last year and United as team is better also now.

      People are forgetting that Pogba is very close to returning.

  29. Francescoli
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Good to go?

    Forster
    Cedric / Maguire / Mee
    Sterling / Silva / Salah (vc) / Xhaka
    Kane / Aguero (c) / Vardy

    Elliot; Carroll, Naughton, Mbemba

    0FT...1.0 ITB

  30. Rafiki
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 10 days ago

    Alonso, Lukaku and Tom Carroll -> Dunk, Morata and Salah for -4?

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 10 days ago

        I may do something similar (if Jesus seems likely to play). Alonso just annoying me.