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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. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 4 months ago

    It'll be Albrighton the night

    1. HUMZAH96
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Mahrez is on it today

        1. andyinasia
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          not any more - he's off

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Arsenal look terrible

      1. Jafooli
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        *Sanogo

      2. KipperRSA
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Ive just backed them at 7/4 to win, surely will sneak this ?!

      3. Mr_Partridge
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Have had some nice play. Sanogo has been awful again

      4. 7shadesofsmoke
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Leicester look well disciplined and a threat on the break (as Everton and Chelsea found out).

        Arsenal do look a bit short in invention though

    3. Mindless Freak
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Schurrle to Henderson

      Dummett to Moreno?

      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Maybe puncheon over hendo,.....palace fixtures are great short term.

    4. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Come on albrighton, need you to stem the sales

    5. BlueIncognito
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Would Schlupp be a good choice for a back-up in a 3-5-2 considering he's listed as a defender but plays striker and is only 4.5....

      1. andyinasia
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        worth considering but won't get any cleanies

    6. Jairzinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Albright on

    7. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Albrighton's gonna do something. 1st sub 😕

    8. Phaze 1
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      Can't believe I bet Arsenal to win this game.

      1. Mr_Partridge
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        plenty of time left... It will come

    9. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      The way maher played is Albrigton destined to be substitute?

      1. Kerz
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Maher plays for Eindhoven mate.

    10. Retrosynth
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 4 months ago

      So could chambers be on for a cleanie if Leicester don't score?

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 4 months ago

        Yep. I hate FPL sometimes 😆

    11. HUMZAH96
        11 years, 4 months ago

        #FPL status update - José Enrique (LIV) availability is now 100%
        #FPL status update - Vlaar (AVL) availability is now 100%
        #FPL status update - Moreno (LIV) availability is now 100%
        #FPL status update - Koscielny (ARS) [Head injury - 75% chance of playing]
        #FPL status update - Kagawa (MUN) availability is now 0% [Joined Borussia Dortmund on 31/8. - Unknown return date]
        #FPL status update - Rose (TOT) [Leg injury - 75% chance of playing]
        #FPL status update - Chester (HUL) availability is now 100%
        #FPL status update - Gayle (CRY) [Ankle injury - 75% chance of playing]
        #FPL status update - Chamakh (CRY) [Hamstring injury - 75% chance of playing]
        #FPL status update - Janmaat (NEW) [Knock - 75% chance of playing]

        1. HUMZAH96
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Via @FPLTracker on Twitter

        2. Cluckfuster
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Quick question.

          Are you...
          a) going to transfer ASAP to avoid price hikes/drops?
          b) going to transfer once the GW is over and BAPS added?
          c) going to transfer after transfer deadline day?
          d) going to transfer after the international break?
          e) not going to transfer?
          f) going to wildcard it?
          g) other, please state.

          I'm looking at c) or d). Possibly f)

          1. Koflok
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            gonna eat potato

          2. denial
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            It depends on individual situations though.

            1. Cluckfuster
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              But what are YOU going to do?

          3. Les Bleus
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            That's not a quick question.

            d

            1. Cluckfuster
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Sorry, slow question, quick answer.

              1. Les Bleus
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                😉

          4. Debauchy
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Gonna sit back and have a glass of wine

          5. XhakaCan
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            F for me

          6. Kerz
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            I'll do Mata > Fàbregas(-4) after the international break, in all likelihood, despite Cesc's inevitable rise and Mata's certain fall.

        3. The EJJ
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Fabregas -> Hazard
          Eriksen -> Sterling

          Look good?

          1. Lawrø
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            I'd just do the Eriksen to Sterling transfer but both look reasonable.

          2. Voice of the Mysterons
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Why do you want to drop Super Fab?

        4. Mr_Partridge
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Just get off Sanogo

        5. Frank Black
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          I knew i shouldn't have captained Ramsey...

          1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            not the end of the world considering pretty much every other captain option flopped as well. I've got Rooney (c) but would happily swap to Ramsey as it stands :p

          2. Sess!
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Who else would you have gone for? Not huge amount of other options that came in.

            1. Frank Black
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Sigurdsson! He was my first choice actually...stupid move.

            2. Chaupumo
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Siggy or Sterling? I've seen a few people who picked one of them. I went for Jovetic myself - even worse, I transferred Costa out 🙁

              1. rudibryson
                • 11 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                Siggy or Sterling? I've seen a few people who picked one of them. I went for Jovetic myself - even worse, I transferred Costa out 🙁

                I did EXACTLY the same ha

          3. Debauchy
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Or Rooney or Ade , yeah we should have all cpt Siggy Damn -- next time...

        6. Ramboo
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Does anyone know how much points towards the bonussystem a defender gets for keeping a clean sheet?

          1. zippyrocket
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Goalkeepers and defenders keeping a clean sheet 12

        7. La Roja
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Jest keep Pod on bench Wenger. Draw is great result for u

        8. Andre W
          • 11 Years
          11 years, 4 months ago

          Time to get Ulloa? Look at the fixtures

          13 Sep 15:00 Gameweek 4 Stoke (A)
          21 Sep 13:30 Gameweek 5 Man Utd (H)
          27 Sep 15:00 Gameweek 6 Crystal Palace (A)
          04 Oct 15:00 Gameweek 7 Burnley (H)
          18 Oct 15:00 Gameweek 8 Newcastle (A)
          25 Oct 17:30 Gameweek 9 Swansea (A)
          01 Nov 15:00 Gameweek 10 West Brom (H)
          08 Nov 15:00 Gameweek 11 Southampton (A)
          22 Nov 15:00 Gameweek 12 Sunderland (H)
          29 Nov 15:00 Gameweek 13 QPR (A)

          1. Billy Gilmore
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Get him in for the easy game in GW5

            1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Might get rested is the only fear. Leicester might want to play their second string to keep their first teamers fresh for bigger games

          2. HUMZAH96
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Wow. Some good fixtures for the Foxes

            • Andre W
              • 11 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Think ill swap for Jelavic after Stoke

            • Les Bleus
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              GW5 captain

            • andyinasia
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              I've had Moore on the bench since GW1 but he'll be coming on over the next few.

              1. Andre W
                • 11 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                Moore a good option too. 4.0 looks like a bargain

          3. Yome
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Aguero (C) against Arsenal is tempting, last year City destroyed them at the Emirates

            1. Mr_Partridge
              • 11 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              0-0 destroyed

              1. Mr_Partridge
                • 11 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                1-1

            2. La Roja
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              1-1 is far from destroyed

              1. Yome
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                So they destroyed them at the Ethiad? I don't remember exactly.

            3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              City got bayern away a few days later

              Aguero limited mins

              1. Yome
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                Correct, 60min at best

            4. BantamPhil
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              It was a 1-1 draw

            5. Billy Gilmore
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Getting the Emirates and the Etihad a bit confused there.

              1. Yome
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                Yes so it was at the Ethiad, anyway City could still win it at the Emirates in 2 weeks

            6. 7shadesofsmoke
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              *etihad?

              1. Yome
                • 14 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                Confused with the Middle Eastern airlines 🙂

                1. 7shadesofsmoke
                  • 12 Years
                  11 years, 4 months ago

                  easily done

            7. Debauchy
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Short of memory ? that was at the Etihad

          4. Not Irish
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Ozil 😆

          5. SpicyItalian22
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Some say Ramsey shows up whenever the 90th minute rolls around....

            1. The EJJ
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Toure-esque

            2. Licky
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              He strikes when his owners need him most, he's like the Light of Earendil.

              1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
                • 15 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                what an incredibly geeky simile 😀

                Love it

          6. The Devil Wears Prada
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            ivan scored last game just after i said it's ivan time. so, it's rambo time.

            1. Retrosynth
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              If only it worked that way 🙂

          7. citizen_kane
            • 14 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            On a wildcard. Feedback appreciated.

            Begovic, 4.0
            Ivanovic, Clyne, N. Taylor, Wisdom, Duff
            Hazard, Ramsey, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Jones (Burnley)
            Aguero, Costa, Naismith

            1. andyinasia
              • 12 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Excellent, aka almost identical to mine. I suspect 80% of wild cards will be

            2. Fabio20
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Almost identical to mine.

              I have Wilson for Wisdom, Lloris for Bego and Fab for Haz

            3. liquidfootball2
              • 13 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Naismith good short term but Eto'o and Barkley may limit time. Use as sub but strengthen mid, Fab for Hazard and Puncheon for Jones if got the cash

          8. Lanley Staurel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Who is this fecking goon coming on? Does he honestly think his haircut is stylish 😆

            1. Old Man
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Silly boy. Before you criticise, first watch Vardy play. Unless I'm mistaken hair doesn't make much difference.

              1. Lanley Staurel
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                11 years, 4 months ago

                I'm probably older than you sonny. Irrespective of his playing abilities he looks a complete twonk.

            2. mr messi
              • 15 Years
              11 years, 4 months ago

              Footballers with their crap hair and tats!

          9. Stephen - Robot Daniels
            • 13 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Spending all that money and still having to play Sanogo as striker.

          10. Bubz
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Sanogo is just the worst

          11. Mr_Partridge
            • 11 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            that dummy 😆

          12. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Yaya ScoresNoGoals

          13. Not Irish
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 4 months ago

            Ramsey is single handedly pushing the Arse on. What a player.