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13 September 2014 4889 comments
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The Gameweek shifts to the three o’clock kick-offs, with half a dozen matches providing the focus for Fantasy managers, before Liverpool host Villa at Anfield for the evening clash.

It’s fair to say that the bulk of our attention will turn to Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea look to maintain their 100% start to the season against the only side who can match that record – Swansea City. All eyes will be on Diego Costa who has four goals to his name and sports the armbands for thousands of Fantasy managers this weekend.

Elsewhere, we’ve big expectations of Ronald Koeman’s new-look Saints at home to Newcastle, while we’re also monitoring the performances of budget midfield options – Wilfried Zaha and George Boyd – in Palace’s meeting with Burnley at Selhurst Park; both are named in the starting lineup.

The remaining three encounters find Sunderland hosting Spurs, Stoke looking to build on their Etihad victory against Leicester at the Britannia and West Brom taking on Everton at the Hawthorns.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. Tin of Directors
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    FML

  2. Liastro ⭐️
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    A very unhappy Costa owner 🙁

  3. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Daft to get Di Maria over Fab if I sell Hazard?

    1. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yes

  4. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Never normally miss big captain hauls. It hurts.

  5. Woy
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    This is one of those weeks where it's split between costa captainers and everyone else

  6. CunkOnFPL
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Would you WC this team:

    Vito | Krul
    Cahill | DEBUCHY | YOSHIDA | Duff | DUMMETT
    Cesc | Sterling | Ramsey | Siggy | 4.5
    Rooney | Naismith | Ade

    1 FT 4.2 ITB?

    1. The Iron Tulip
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yes!

    2. @ocprodigy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      -8 simple

      1. @ocprodigy
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        -4* even

        1. CunkOnFPL
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          Costa n Bertrand for Ade n Debuchy?

  7. Connor's Calling
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Why on earth didn't I captain Costa...

    Listened to the Guardian team sheets. What a mong

    1. DIegoCosta19
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      loooooooooool

  8. BigManBakar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Just realised Pelle was awarded the assist as well... What a Beast! Glad I captained him...

    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Well played Agent Oranje!

      1. MJ6987
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Glad we didn't bin you for going AWOL! 😉

        1. BigManBakar
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          Thanks man!

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Well played

    3. Sebbo29
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Nice 1 bru

  9. Sebbo29
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Come on Sterling, get on at half time and save my GW 🙂

    1. Sebbo29
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Or stay away and Roonpig 3 penalties tmrw, even better 😉

  10. FPL Touches
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    34 - 5 to go, including Rooney (C)

    Could still be good...

  11. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Naismith to Pelle is a no brainer right ?

    1. The Iron Tulip
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I would do it, think Naismith will go quiet now.

    2. mgilbert86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      naismith should have had 5, missed a sitter

    3. Yome
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Pelle has QPR in 2 gameweeks, I would do

  12. The Finnisher
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Anyone have stats about Costa captaincy %?

    1. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      23% overall
      42% in top10k

      1. Konig Luther
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        😯 wasn't expecting this

  13. DIegoCosta19
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    chanches of a moreno cleanie??. 0, 0, 1 from dier colo and courtois lol

    1. The Iron Tulip
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Low Id say, Villa looked good so far this season and pool don't keep many cleanies

  14. Ludo
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Players yet to blank, having played four games:

    Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas, and... Nathaniel Clyne.

  15. il Brutto
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Current frontline of Pelle, Costa and Aguero looking quite good.

  16. Rupert The Horse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    I hope my stats I gave convinced a few to get Pelle. Hands up owners.

    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      what were they?

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        He was in top 5 strikers in attacking threats in many categories. Touches final third. Headers. Penalty area touches etc.

    2. Yome
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I got him in before I saw your stats though, anyway happy owner

      1. Rupert The Horse
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Good job.

  17. Nice to Finally Michu
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Last night I was advised not to do Mata and Fletcher > Mirallas and Pelle -8, fletcher didn't play so i'm stuck with one point from PvA off my bench. Mirallas scored and is on 8 points pre Bonus. Pelle scored twice with an assist and is on 13 pre bonus. And Mata likely will not play the whole game any if he play at all so doing that transfer would have paid off enormously and might have given me a decent score this week.
    And as if that wasn't bad enough...
    I did it! I called Terry finally slotting one home this week! So now I have a nice -1 staring me in the face.
    Thought that was great?
    Well my lack of Costa is also showing.

    Not what I needed after a shite GW last time out and two weeks of staring at a massive red arrow

    F-E-C-K! F-E-C-K! Everybody now! F-E-C-K! F-E-C-K!

    Please score 67,182 goals against Villa Balo to save me.

    Moral: I hate FPL sometimes.

  18. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Tom Fenley has just changed his team name to Captain Costa

    He's getting away from me already!

  19. Oflow
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    When you don't feel like watching football anymore because you didnt Captain Costa, then you know you have a fantasy problem

  20. Mane Of Steel
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    For all the (c) sterling people, don't worry. He will come on and be fresh and score 😀

    1. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Twice

  21. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    What happened to Albrighton?

    1. Connor's Calling
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Dunno. Looks like he didn't make the squad. Think he's out for Boyd for me.

      Do you know if he's dropping/Boyd rising tonight?

  22. FPL Touches
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Who do you think will score more points this game:

    Sterling or Balotelli?

    1. Nice to Finally Michu
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Balo better score more

    2. MJ6987
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Sterling 13
      Balotelli 13

    3. Eoin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Balo for sure

  23. MJ6987
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling will probably come on and score a brace against a tired Hutton

  24. Willis.
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Let's be honest. Costa should have been sent off in the first half.

  25. Chris_Fàbregas #DOOS…
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    How many of you captained Diego Costa?

  26. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Taking nothing away from a brilliant Saints performance you have to feel for the Newcastle fans who traveled almost the whole length of England to watch that

  27. Somalion
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    WC activated. Lovely.

  28. Eoin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    We all have bad weeks but feeling really despondent about this GW. I'll definitely have a big fat red arrow but it could be very costly. No Costa, no Fabregas, no Aguero. Sterling captain, John Terry in there too. Only shining light is Eriksen. Is anyone doing worse than my current GW total of 16 pts?

    1. Reedy
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah, 8pts here. Did take an 8pt hit though.

      1. Eoin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        So we're essentially the same. Good to know there's company.

        1. Reedy
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 7 months ago

          Brothers in failure 🙂

  29. bodsc
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Sterling on for Lallana after 60 and scores.

  30. Owd Big 'Ed
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    19 shots for Stoke today, 2 for Leicester.

    Football can be so cruel sometimes.

    Faced three teams now where we have dominated the play but not got the three points. Sick of teams sitting deep and not coming out to play.

    1. Carrick Doesn't Deserv…
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      joker

    2. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Yeah, it's not how you won at the Etihad.