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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. HUMZAH96
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Would Lallana returning impact Sterling's returns as he could be shifted to the wing?

    1. Licky
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Might improve them if anything.

      1. Debauchy
        12 years, 2 months ago

        * this

        1. HUMZAH96
          12 years, 2 months ago

          This

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

      He was a wing player all last yr... Scored really well.

      1. HUMZAH96
        12 years, 2 months ago

        This

  2. Vpan
    12 years, 2 months ago

    A) Mata, Eriksen, Debuchy -> Fabregas, Sterling, Wilson for -4

    or

    B) Mata, Eriksen, Dzeko -> Fabregas, Sterling, Pelle for -4

    ????

    1. Gigging Order
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I am doing A myself, but may get PVA.

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

    Debuchy, Eriksen and Bojan to Ivanovic, Henderson and Naismith seem like decent transfers? Not all at once obviously.

  4. Stephen - Robot Daniels
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Villa annoy me significantly. Zombie club going nowhere, just plodding along with no ambition.

    Would rather they be replaced by a Championship club willing to show a bit of passion and give it a good shot.

    1. Zombie
      12 years, 2 months ago

      It's my club 😀 ?

      1. OPTA FPL
        12 years, 2 months ago

        😀

    2. The Sarjeant
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I'm pretty sure they have ambition.

    3. SW6
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Where can they possibly go? Near impossible to break in to the top 6 nowadays.

    4. DIegoCosta19
      12 years, 2 months ago

      they finished 6th for 3 seasons and Young was the best crosser in the league

    5. Not Irish
      12 years, 2 months ago

      One of the youngest teams in the league definitely on the up.

  5. Zombie
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Hendo must be most underrated FPL player around here

    1. VougieDipond
      12 years, 2 months ago

      in my UFPL team. ideal for it

    2. Oz lotto
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Absolutely but who do you squeeze out? Great budget option thiygh

      1. Zombie
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Currently I have Ramsey, Sterling, Siggy, Lamela. Lamela gets 2 weeks...then he will be out for Hendo & Aguero in for Dzeko.

        No Fab or Hazza for me

    3. Licky
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I think he's one of the most underrated players regardless of Fantasy.

  6. RyanC
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Probably holding out for transfers, but any way of squeezing Sterling into this?

    Bego (Elliot)
    Terry Clyne Coloccini (PVA Bartley)
    Hazard Ramsey Siggy Tadic (Marney)
    Rooney Costa Adebayor

    Might just hold for now, but I planned to bring Sterling in anyway at some point. Damn price changes, they have bitten me after all. 🙂

    1. Debauchy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Terry to Moreno and Tadic to Sterling

      1. Debauchy
        12 years, 2 months ago

        mmm maybe .1 short ?

        1. RyanC
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Ha yeah, you're actually thinking exactly what I was. That damn 0.1!

  7. DIegoCosta19
    12 years, 2 months ago

    take a hit to get rid of which 2 of sturridge RVP schurrle jovetic krul or colocini

    or only 1 and no hit?

    1. gravless
      12 years, 2 months ago

      persie jovetic & schurrle have to go imo

    2. Oz lotto
      12 years, 2 months ago

      RVP no hit

  8. Twelve years a slave
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Because fallers cost more money than risers make I think a international wildcard now makes more money than in previous years

    Reason is you save so much by avoiding fallers

    1. Gigging Order
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Yes, if you have a lot of fallers, then that makes sense. Depends if you do or not though.

      1. Wirtzle Gummidge
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Would be good to buy the fallers back at the end of the wildcard. Rooney at 10.2/3

        1. Walsh
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Why would you buy back someone who looks like rubbish? 🙂

    2. Game of Stones
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Agree with that, I've lost 0.4 this week already, almost under £100 now...

    3. Not Irish
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Exactly. I was heckled last night for saying such though.

    4. dr manhattan
      12 years, 2 months ago

      you wildcarding Triggerlips?

    5. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      12 years, 2 months ago

      i'd rather wildcard when my team needs it rather than to save 0.3 or 0.4m

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

        Might be quite a bit more.

    6. Ludo
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Depending on how many fallers are in your team now.

    7. Kerz
      12 years, 2 months ago

      But in previous years you could make about 0.6 in profit over the two week break. Now that players are rising slower profit is harder to make.
      Re.: fallers. Only sell if you're convinced they're not going to score well. No point getting them out to avoid a 0.1 drop.

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

      Why does it matter what their price is in the short term...

      I lost £.1mil on both Jovetić & Mata a cpl weeks ago.

      They repaid my faith in points & in turn, I earned back whatever I originally *lost*.

      A rising TV is a byproduct of scoring well, not the other way around.

    9. Debauchy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah but fallers - one good gw and up they go again. Jovetic went down to 7.9 one week and then back to 8.2. the next . You may be right but I will continue to focus on players that should or are due to score , and hope the value takes care of itself

  9. Shifty
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Mata or Rooney the more pressing concern?

    Sold Costa this week, so obviously am gutted. Rest of attack:

    Sigurdsson, Ramsey, Sterling, Dzeko Adebayor.

  10. qstav
    12 years, 2 months ago

    http://strawpoll.me/2463004

  11. CelticBhoy1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 2 months ago

    To accommodate Costa?

    Terry > Wilson

    or

    Mata > Hendo/ Zaha / Schneid

  12. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
    12 years, 2 months ago

    please ramsey score! 🙂

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I need a bloody hat trick this week! 😀

    2. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Here, Here...

      He should get a minimum of assist...

  13. Mr_Partridge
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Arsenal and Liverpool have the most English Talent.

    Arsenal: Wilshere, Gibbs, Ox, Chambers, Walcott
    Liverpool: Sturridge, Sterling, Lallana, Lambert, Hendo

    Man U: Cleverly? Rooney 🙁 Jones and Smalling 😆
    Chelsea: Cahill

    So stop the nonsense

    1. Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Everton?

      1. Mr_Partridge
        12 years, 2 months ago

        I do like Stones and Barkley...

    2. DIegoCosta19
      12 years, 2 months ago

      wilshere is sooooo overrated

    3. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 2 months ago

      dont forget jenko! 🙂

      1. Mr_Partridge
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Jenkoooooo

    4. Not Irish
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Jones Shaw Blackett Rooney Welbeck Smalling Wilson

      You're the worst WUM of all time.

      1. Mr_Partridge
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Blackett 😆
        Wilson who?
        Shaw cant even get out of bed at the moment

        1. Not Irish
          12 years, 2 months ago

          And yet you cited Chambers and Lambert. 🙄

    5. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      12 years, 2 months ago

      You're confusing FPL with Britain's got talent.

  14. GoonerByron
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Have already used my 2FTs on Kolarov + Dzeko -> Wilson + Costa due to price rises and not being able to afford them once they rise/fall... Now feeling like I'll need to do a -4 for Mata -> Sterling.. Good or bad idea? Have Rooney too..

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

      You know the next game's two weeks away, right?

    2. Debauchy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Go

  15. sminkypinky
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Arsenal bench?

    1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Martinez Chambers Ox Podolski Campbell Wilshere Rosicky

      1. sminkypinky
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks AR!

    2. andyinasia
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Chambers and Wilshire are there, plus Campbell, Podolski

  16. HNI
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Which transfer to do using my free transfer

    1)Wisdom->Bertrand
    2)Jovetic-.Adebayor
    3)Hold and hope Wisdom starts against Everton/ or risk Playing Moore(against Stoke) from bench

  17. Schurrle Not
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Missed the game, did Balotelli play well?

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

      Had two fantastic chances with headers but otherwise didn't look sharp. Put himself about a bit and will certainly get goals in that Liverpool side but not for me for £10m.

    2. popcoin
      12 years, 2 months ago

      yeh worked hard, played wide left/slightly central role.
      had a few good chances too

    3. Psakhotherapy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      could've had a few, very involved

    4. OShaughnessy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Fantasy wise he's everything you could ask for...

      Plenty of touches in the area, managed a lot of shots & even had a key pass to boot.

  18. HUMZAH96
    12 years, 2 months ago

    QPR striker Loïc Rémy is thought to be favouring a move to Chelsea over Arsenal. (RMC)

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

      Arsenal gave up.

      1. HUMZAH96
        12 years, 2 months ago

        Aha, good signing imo

        1. andyinasia
          12 years, 2 months ago

          Ba Mk.2

          Shoulda gone to Arsenal.

    2. Debauchy
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Wasted at Chelsea . But fair enough - sit back and enjoy the salary

      1. Coaly
        12 years, 2 months ago

        How will he be wasted?

        Costa will lead the line, Drogba will play between 10 and 30 mins most games

        Remy would play cup competitions and if Costa got injured he could lead the line

        A good, necessary signing

  19. DIegoCosta19
    12 years, 2 months ago

    take a hit to get rid of which 2 of sturridge RVP schurrle jovetic krul or colocini

    or only 1 and no hit?

    help!

  20. BantamPhil
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Worked out quite well so far apart from the Pool cleanie

  21. BruLee
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Ramsey 2 goals

  22. popcoin
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Shall I take a -8 hit for this?:

    Mutch --> Sterling
    and Sturridge --> Naismith

    Cheers guys (confident of naismith at west brom)

    1. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
      12 years, 2 months ago

      No

    2. DIegoCosta19
      12 years, 2 months ago

      yes

    3. Benteke10
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Why would u want sturridge out? Raise funds from elsewhere!

  23. Saint Steve-O (@EliteFPL)
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Knee-jerk I know but, would you:

    A) wait till after international break before getting Sterling (in case of injury)

    Or

    B) Cabella, Jones> Sterling & upto 5.3 to spend on new defender?

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

    Arsene playing Ozil out wide again, such a waste of talent.

    1. Mr_Partridge
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Ozil will be central I suspect. Cazorla and Sanchez wide

    2. SW6
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Not in the middle of Cazorla and Sanchez?

    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Or..

      Yaya
      Caz Ozil Sanchez
      Rambo Flam

      1. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
        12 years, 2 months ago

        this

    4. Heydudes13
      12 years, 2 months ago

      That he hasn't showed.

    5. Aaron Ramessi - Straya
      12 years, 2 months ago

      wait and see where he is deployed

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

    Is anyone else keeping their transfer/s in hand given the internationals could lead to any number of injuries plus deadline day signings?

    1. andyinasia
      12 years, 2 months ago

      That's why I used my WC - 2 weeks to tinker

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

        Personally I don't think tinkering is enough reason to use the WC unless your team is a disaster but early WC worked well for me last year.

  26. FPL Daniel
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Thoughts on this WC

    http://imgur.com/IznSAJh

    Is it worth pressing the magic button?

    1. Game of Stones
      12 years, 2 months ago

      I'd get rid of Hutton

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

      Surely you can do better than Balotelli? Obviously a key choice to have him in there but form open play he just doesn't score that often.

    3. Overlordleo
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Very weak at the back, front 7 looks good.

    4. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Who knows what form Ade and Balo will be in. Perhaps Aguero rockets. Too soon to WC if you ask me.

  27. SG8
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Sterling (C) vs Villa is quite tempting.. more so than Sturridge atm even though I think Sterling is more of a threat in away games.

  28. gtf
    12 years, 2 months ago

    I want to get Sterling, in order to make up the funds, I will have get rid of Eriksen or Rooney.

    Who do I get rid of?

  29. The Nuttmxn
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Have front 8 of:

    Coutinho, Eriksen, Ince, Sanchez, Sigurdsson
    Chamakh, Rooney, D.Costa.

    Best Players to get in for Coutinho and Eriksen?

  30. Somalion
    12 years, 2 months ago

    Just a warning, I reckon Sturridge on for a price drop or two.

    2 blanks and Costa grabbing a brace will force a lot of switches.

    1. HUMZAH96
      12 years, 2 months ago

      Yup this

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

      Surprises me his ownership is so high actually.

      Like Rooney I'm unbothered about price drops for players I think are going to do well and plan to keep indefinitely.