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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.

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  1. PB-THE-VET
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Costa Captain 🙂

    Loving it

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

      I have di Maria to look forward too 🙁

    2. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Really?! I'm a bit disappointed.

    3. Crouch Potato!
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Ever sweeter with Fab feeding him 😉

  2. Pinturicchio
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Sterling, please, please don't come off the bench.

    1. The Finnisher
      12 years, 1 month ago

      He will.

  3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Are welbeck and aguero injured?

    1. Honeybadger
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Kun didn't look injured. Welbeck got a hit before subbed but didn't look serious...

    2. ZakAFC_
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Just cramp for Welbeck

    3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks I'll keep both instead of knee jerking

  4. mutatedllama
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Costa's goals for each game this season are following the Fibonacci sequence:

    1,1,2,3

    So, which clever person can tell me how many he is due against City?

    1. Alan The Llama
      12 years, 1 month ago

      5

      1. mutatedllama
        12 years, 1 month ago

        High five, fellow llama.

    2. Les Bleus
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Should be 5 but it will be 0

    3. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Resets himself so 0

    4. Ludo
      12 years, 1 month ago

      5

      1. Ludo
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Going to be even more essential once he's getting double figures every game...

    5. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      12 years, 1 month ago

      cinco.

  5. Pedram
    12 years, 1 month ago

    What's the predicted average for tonight ?

    1. Les Bleus
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Wait until after the next game.

    2. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 1 month ago

      82pts.

    3. Screaming Midget
      12 years, 1 month ago

      High... 50+

      1. The Machine
        12 years, 1 month ago

        no chance

  6. The Chosen One...
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Nice, Eriksen 3 baps

  7. awgJose
    12 years, 1 month ago

    It's a bit early for this, but..

    Dzeko to Welbeck or Pelle?

    1. Yes Don
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Pellend

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

      Pelle

    3. Red Devil Swede
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Pelle has fixtures
      But I'd keep Dzeko

      1. awgJose
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Why? Hasn't been convincing so far and is a rotation risk.

    4. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Pelle

  8. DIegoCosta19
    12 years, 1 month ago

    costa 87 bps lool.

    also

    costa 7 goals in 8 shots

    hes like a mixture of a pure poacher (nistelroy) while also being a physical beast (drogba)

    1. Les Bleus
      12 years, 1 month ago

      The post so good it had to be posted three times.

      1. Woy of the Wovers
        12 years, 1 month ago

        It's pure self-promotion.

    2. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Just the complete package.

    3. Deyanski
      12 years, 1 month ago

      RVN was better 🙂
      But I have to admit Costa is a beast..

  9. The Light Knight
    12 years, 1 month ago

    With 2 high scoring games to come, 55 won't be above average this week, right?

    1. Podge
      12 years, 1 month ago

      of course it will

    2. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Why wouldn't it be?

    3. RyanC
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Way, way above. Remember over 3 million players play this game, and 95% of them don't take it quite as seriously as us FFS posters.

      1. The Light Knight
        12 years, 1 month ago

        OK ta lads.
        Just picturing everyone with Costa (c)

    4. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Might just be.

  10. Team News
    12 years, 1 month ago

    @chelseafc 6m
    Jose: '7 goals in 4 matches from Diego Costa has surprised me because it's not normal.'

    1. RyanC
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe that's what this mystery injury of his is. Severe case of can't stop scoring that Jose can't wrap his head around after being stuck with Torres and co for a year.

  11. Azathoth
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Only 4.5% have Chandli.....that's a good differential.

  12. Butters_lfc9
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Would you wildcard on this?Sitting on 28 and not having Costa has cost me am i panicking

    Begovic
    Dummet-Ferdinand-Naylor
    Sterling-Ramsay-Hazard-Sigurdson
    Rooney-Aguero-Dzeko
    Gilks-Moore-PvA-Marney

    1. awgJose
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Swap Dzeko to Costa and downgrade Hazard or Ramsey to fund the first move. Should be alright after that.

  13. The ghost of a Pug's g…
    12 years, 1 month ago

    anyone know average scores etc this week?

    1. 4vets
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Still matches to play. It means nothing.

    2. Red Devil Swede
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Just wait and see

  14. Gigging Order
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Someone in one of my mini-leagues has Bojan, Berahino and Naismith up front….

    1. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      😆

  15. SC not pearls before swine
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Wisdom over Moore. *Face Palm*

    1. Gigging Order
      12 years, 1 month ago

      That's crazy….

      1. SC not pearls before swine
        12 years, 1 month ago

        I didn't really think there was much in it. Leichester had looked leaky as heck and were on the road. Oh well...

        1. Gigging Order
          12 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah, it is a close one thinking about. Easy for me to say now...

  16. mgilbert86
    12 years, 1 month ago

    no reason to trade out naismith, should have had a goal today, good chance to score at home vs palace and you have to think the liverpool game will have loads of goals

  17. Adderz
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Took Torres 18 months to get to 7 league goals...

    1. Les Bleus
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Yikes.

      To be fair, he probably took a month and a half or so for Liverpool

      1. Adderz
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah i seem to remember him getting a hat trick early on

  18. CellinoArmy
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Team for next week-

    Bego
    Pieters, Sakho, Clyne
    Lamela, Tadic, Fabregas, Siggy, Sterling
    Rooney, Diouf
    Subs- Krul, Azpi, Colo, Jovetic

    Surely warrant a WC? Seeing as Stoke are terrible, Jovetic is injured, and Newcastle are collapsing quicker than Hitler's Germany.

    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah WC.

    2. Les Bleus
      12 years, 1 month ago

      That's not a bad mid. I'd take a hit or two to reshape your forwards.

  19. Mílanista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Dear Mario,

    Costa is going to steal the headlines unless you score 4 goals. You know what to do.

    1. Wells - Anti-Dentite!
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I have faith in him.

    2. 4vets
      12 years, 1 month ago

      +1 Blank incoming 🙁

    3. Alan The Llama
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Get the headlines by getting sent off?

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

        I'll take 4 goals and a red.

    4. Captain Shirokov
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Man, Balo ain't on FFS

      1. Billy Gilmore
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Get the plane flying over Anfield pronto!

    5. CellinoArmy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Miss 2 penalties, then punch the ballboy and get a 10 week suspension?

    6. Woy of the Wovers
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Check your grav. Double-personality or just vain?

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

        In Balotelli's case, probably both.

  20. Transient Anus
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Panic selling Costa over probable injury has been the most ruthlessly punished rookie error I've had in 8 years of FPL. 5 goals in 2 games. FFS 😡

    In altogether more awesome news. Pelle (c) 😎

    1. Billy Gilmore
      12 years, 1 month ago

      I bow to your magnificence re Pelle

      1. Transient Anus
        12 years, 1 month ago

        😀
        Cheers mate.

  21. Mile Plankton - Myth and Ch…
    12 years, 1 month ago

    This sh1t would be much easier to handle if Spurs won and brought me money.

    Feck you Spurs. I hate you.

    1. Debauchy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Know yr pain -- had that one - but Stoke win or draw killed me

  22. OPTA FPL
    12 years, 1 month ago

    is welbeck injured?

    1. Debauchy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Nahhh -- cramping I think

      1. Alan The Llama
        12 years, 1 month ago

        It did look like cramp

  23. kennethrhcp
    12 years, 1 month ago

    so how bout that bib theory

    1. Podge
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Indeed

  24. Stevee10001
    12 years, 1 month ago

    hell it maybe sideways but im doing haz > fabs costa is going to pick up goals where hazard would have scored last season!

  25. El Muñeco
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Which Sterling owners are hoping for a no show?

    I am, got Liam Moore first on the bench.

    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Moore and Ulloa are going into my team gameweek 6

      1. Debauchy
        12 years, 1 month ago

        Glad I got Ulloa for UFPL - no points - on bench, but encouraging nonetheless

  26. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Those with sterling captain and costa VC better hope that liverpool are coasting so sterling wont come on.
    I captained Costa in the fpl and in the ultimate game I have sterling as C and Costa as VC stupid move in hindsight.

    1. Debauchy
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Lol -- in UFPL cpt Haz - idiot -- now Falcao to come on and go bananas

  27. 4vets
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Really looking forward to this game!

  28. 420king
    12 years, 1 month ago

    told ya @ sterling 😛

    1. Costa Nostra
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      12 years, 1 month ago

      Hilarious! Nobody wanted to believe it . Can't even count how many "guarantees Sterling will start because Sturridge is out" comments I read here. At least now I know who has no clue what's gonna happen on these boards!

  29. mgilbert86
    12 years, 1 month ago

    sterling is going to come on, especially if liverpool haven't scored by 60th

  30. AarÖn Özilski
    12 years, 1 month ago

    Don't regret if you don't (C)osta, there's always next gameweek. Luck is just part of this game.