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31 August 2014 4586 comments
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Fantasy managers have three matches to feast their eyes on today before the international break is upon us. Up first, Spurs welcome Liverpool to the Lane as Mauricio Pochettino’s side attempt to pick up a third straight win under the new man in charge.

A host of players from both sides are on the radar this afternoon, with Christian Eriksen, Erik Lamela, Nacer Chadli and Emmanuel Adebayor key to the hosts’ chances of avenging the 5-0 humiliation that led to Andre Villas-Boas’ departure last year. Liverpool are poised for a superb run of fixtures after this match and while Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling are the obvious targets, Mario Balotelli’s display will be eagerly analysed.

Villa and Hull go head-to-head in the other 1.30pm kick-off, with Paul Lambert’s side seeking a third successive shut-out before the fixtures take a real turn for the worse.

In the final match of the Gameweek, Leicester entertain Arsenal at 4pm. Aaron Ramsey rolls up to the King Power Stadium looking to net for the third successive league match, whilst Alexis Sanchez is also finding his form – having scored the winner against Besiktas in midweek, the Chilean’s confidence is on the rise.

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  1. Bubz
    12 years, 2 months ago

    FFS that was an Ade penalty

    1. The Chosen One...
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Pool only get pens

  2. Demí
    12 years, 2 months ago

    2 out of 3 winners today. Sterling MOTM and Manquillo booking 🙂

    1. Jax
      12 years, 2 months ago

      v good

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Nicely done 😎

  3. Soidisant
    12 years, 2 months ago

    So how was that a penalty for Liverpool and then not a penalty in reverse for Tottenham for a worse but similar offence?

    1. Soidisant
      12 years, 2 months ago

      And I don't own Ade for the record

    2. Courtois in the Rye
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Because Adebayor didn't throw himself theatrically to the ground.

  4. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Rose injured?

    1. Jax
      12 years, 2 months ago

      thigh strain apparently

    2. UnderstandablyDistraught
      12 years, 2 months ago

      thigh

  5. mouldy_uk
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Henderson or Dyer?

    1. Zombie
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Hendo

    2. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Zaha

      1. palace ash
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Good shout!

  6. LewanGOALski
    12 years, 2 months ago

    2 FTs

    Mata & Dzeko ➡ Sterling & ____

    A. Adebayor
    B. Pelle
    C. sb else for up to 9.8 mln

    ??

    1. Kerz
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Sterling & A

  7. Venom Snake
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Can only afford an 8.8 mid for Eriksen. Crappy price bracket

    1. Venom Snake
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Unless I keep Mata?

    2. Frank Black
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Wait for Lallana.

    3. Soidisant
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Sterling?

  8. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Looks like it's time to get Sterling in....

    - Better to get him in while I can afford him.
    - Great fixtures coming up.
    - Huge ownership(38.4%) kills my rank when he performs.

    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Need to get

      Sterling rather than sturridge
      Costa rather than hazard
      Sanchez rather than Ramsey
      Aguero not Rooney

      Wildcard maybe

      1. Frank Black
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Sanchez rather than Ramsey? NO....

        1. Leaf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          12 years, 2 months ago

          If he plays as striker

    2. LewanGOALski
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I've just done Mata > Sterling

      1. Whazza
        12 years, 2 months ago

        already?

        1. LewanGOALski
          12 years, 2 months ago

          yes.

          still have 1 more FT

          Mata has been shite. I have no Pool, and need to have looking at the fixtures.

    3. Gigging Order
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I am doing the same.

  9. Somalion
    12 years, 2 months ago

    5-0 AVB
    4-0 Sherwood
    3-0 Poch
    2-0 Next Manager
    1-0 Following Manager
    0-0 Following Manager

    #Progress

    1. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Haha

    2. Solenya
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I don't think us Utd fans have the luxury of that kind of banter atm 😀

      1. Somalion
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Banter is banter 😉

        Just speaking the truth as well 😛

  10. HUMZAH96
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Do you think I should try get Fabregas in this attack?

    Mata, Siggy, Ramsey, Eriksen
    Costa, Rooney, Jovetic
    1 FT

    I already have Costa so is he needed?

    1. Jax
      12 years, 2 months ago

      missed the boat

      1. HUMZAH96
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Why?

    2. 7shadesofsmoke
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Mata -> Fab

      1. HUMZAH96
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Why?

        1. 7shadesofsmoke
          12 years, 2 months ago

          I think Fab will get more points than Mata

          1. HUMZAH96
            12 years, 2 months ago

            Sterling over Fab though? I have Costa for Chelsea coverage and Sterling looks essential

    3. Kerz
      12 years, 2 months ago

      You need Sterling in there mate. Look at his fixtures, form & ownership. Essential.

      1. HUMZAH96
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks

    4. Yome
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Yes for Mata or Eriksen

      1. HUMZAH96
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Why?

  11. Chu Young Ping Pong
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Idk why did I get Adebayor.

    1. Jax
      12 years, 2 months ago

      cos your knee jerked

    2. Zombie
      12 years, 2 months ago

      coz he has 2 juicy upcoming fixtures

      1. Tommy J
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Cos you're a fool...like me!

        Not my best moment in FFP swapped Costa to Ade(c) and played both Vergini and C Davies over Lovren...what was I thinking....??

        1. Zombie
          12 years, 2 months ago

          lol...calm down. I don't have him

    3. Courtois in the Rye
      12 years, 2 months ago

      He's a good value striker in a top 6 team who is guaranteed to play and with reasonable fixtures. Don't panic sell.

    4. RyanC
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I listened to too many people on here. 😉

      Took Pellè put for him.

    5. Matakuko
      12 years, 2 months ago

      You needed to replace Giroud, you preferred TOT fixtures to City/City rotation?

      (That's why he's in mine)

    6. jernej93
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Spurs were playing really good in 1st half and than they got "destroyed" by that penalty. Adebayor is probably a no-rotation risk in a team that is gonna score a lot this season ... Lamela, Eriksen and other attacking midfielders are under rotation risk IMO and Adebayor is also a bigger attacking threat with scoring and also passing ability.

      I will put him in my team instead of Lamela 🙂

  12. Mindless Freak
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Who to replace Mata with? Don't want Ramsey.

    Got Sterling, Mata, Fabregas, Siggurdson, Schurrle.

    Want to get rid of Schurrle and Mata.

    1. Zombie
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Hendo for Schhurle..keep Mata

      why not Ramsey ?

    2. 7shadesofsmoke
      12 years, 2 months ago

      wait for the internationals and consider the options then

    3. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Alexis Sanchez is your man

    4. Call Me Old Fashioned
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I can't help if you don't want the best replacement

    5. Les Bleus
      12 years, 2 months ago

      You need ramsey

    6. Debauchy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Sanchez ? Pretty mindless not wanting Ramsey ?

    7. palace ash
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Tadic and Gerrard

  13. Gigging Order
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Is Marc Wilson NAILED?

    1. Kerz
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I think so. After an away clean-sheet at the Etihad, I doubt Hughes would change it up much.

  14. Debauchy
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Ade Another Cpt failure , only Siggy a success of the popular options . Rambo to go.

  15. Count of Monte Hristo
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Demi, MOTM for the Arsenal game? You going Sanchez or Ramsey?

    1. Demí
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Sanogo and Ramsey for me if i had to choose. Leaving it alone though, as the odds aren't to my liking

      1. Debauchy
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Sanchez due Demi

  16. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    12 years, 2 months ago

    3-0 Pool

    1. Somalion
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Seriously?!?!?

  17. Geordienufc1
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Ffs adebayor.

  18. Mr_Partridge
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling MOTM on Sky.

    1. Jax
      12 years, 2 months ago

      doens't mean he's motm here

  19. FPL Daniel
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Damn it the Hutton CS would have been gold.

    Rambo all eyes on you.

    Leicester you know what to do. SCORE !! Ruin Ars CS

  20. Djerbil
    12 years, 2 months ago

    the year of 3-5-2 in FPL

  21. Your Mum's Athletic
    12 years, 2 months ago

    vlaar injured

  22. Not Irish
    12 years, 2 months ago

    What a dodgy clean sheet. Hang your head, Spurs.

    1. Mr_Partridge
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Burnley

  23. Sting
    12 years, 2 months ago

    BPS system is poor...prefer the sky game MOTM system

    How can Sterling get no bonus pts?

    1. Granville
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Because they don't give points for MOTM.

      1. Adam
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Miss it when the journalists would award the bonus points and we'd always complain about someone.

        1. Granville
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          12 years, 2 months ago

          I preferred that system. The element of surprise kept us interested until an hour after the game. Now it's just mechanical and dull

    2. Djerbil
      12 years, 2 months ago

      the YC killed it

    3. Heydudes13
      12 years, 2 months ago

      He was wasteful tbh.

  24. Heydudes13
    12 years, 2 months ago

    With no players in these two early games I feel really fortunate.

  25. SW6
    12 years, 2 months ago

    My strikers this week: 2 - 2 - 2 🙄

    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Same, but one of them only got 2 points because I captained him.

      1. 7shadesofsmoke
        12 years, 2 months ago

        lol

    2. Fifa las vegas
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Same 🙁

    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      12 years, 2 months ago

      2-1-2 here. 😎

    4. mipola
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Your not alone

    5. Not Irish
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Same here. After 5 points total last week. WC to 352 imminent.

    6. Jordan.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      in 3 weeks of pig, bony and dzeko I have 1 goal 1 assist and 3 capt 2s for 32 points #spewing....

  26. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 2 months ago

    What a good boy Gerrard is, taking his shoes off before going inside.

  27. Wilshere Knowledge
    12 years, 2 months ago

    I assume the Spurs love in has well and truly died then? 😆

    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      *cough* grav *cough*

      1. Wilshere Knowledge
        12 years, 2 months ago

        👿 😉

  28. Transient Anus
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Man I really wanna hit that button. Only to make 5 changes though. Albeit very good ones imho. Waste of a wildcard?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Not really, if they're that good

      1. Transient Anus
        12 years, 2 months ago

        hmmm. You're a bad influence on me 😛 Sod it I like the look of this team. Imma do it

    2. Not Irish
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I'm doing it.

      1. Transient Anus
        12 years, 2 months ago

        How many you swapping out?

        1. Not Irish
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Five I think. But I'm also switching Rooney out and bringing him back in before the GW at his lower price. Maybe Sturridge too. Although I may not persist with him.

    3. Adam
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I'm likely to use WC with 5 transfers in mind too.

  29. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Eriksen failed me one more week. Am I knee jerking if I want Siggy instead of him? And Sterling instead of Mata?

    1. SW6
      12 years, 2 months ago

      No, good moves

    2. Transient Anus
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Better off with Eriksen for one more week

    3. jernej93
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Good moves, just do it 🙂

      Siggy probably won't bring you 10 points every weekend but for that price he is gonna bring big. I am tired of waiting for Mata to do something ... rather go for Sterling who is in great form and easy fixtures coming up 🙂

      1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Indeed. I'll just wait off with Eriksen one more gw tho. Playing vs Sunderland next week. Tired of Mata too.

    4. Debauchy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Its never a knee jerk getting in quality and almost essential players - do it immediately.

  30. JakeTheRed
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Ade, Rooney & Jovetic didn't do anything for me this week. PRAYING for Ramsey (c) to save me!