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Verbruggen

O’Reilly
Senesi
Hincapie

Semenyo
Saka
Wilson
Foden

Ekitiké
Haaland
Thiago

Kelleher
Rodon
Clyne
Kroupi

GW17 Chip Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	106.3%	Very Likely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	100.4%	Very Likely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	100.1%	Very Likely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	100.1%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	99.8%	Likely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	93.2%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	87.1%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	85.6%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	85.5%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	80.9%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	79.3%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	78.7%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	71.6%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	69.1%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	68.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	67.6%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	67.1%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	66.9%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	65.3%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	64.3%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.8%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	59.1%	Unlikely
Semenyo	BOU	7.5m	56.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	57.4%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	56.5%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	56.4%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	51.7%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	8.6m	50.2%	Unlikely
Foden	MCI	8.8m	49.8%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	50.9%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	49.0%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	49.0%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.8%	Unlikely
Wilson	FUL	5.6m	44.9%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	46.8%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	41.5%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	41.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	CRY	5.3m	39.9%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	39.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	112.0%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	106.1%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	104.8%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	103.2%	Very Likely
Eze	ARS	7.8m	100.5%	Very Likely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.4m	101.0%	Very Likely
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	101.3%	Very Likely
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	100.7%	Very Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	100.8%	Very Likely
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.0%	Very Likely
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	99.7%	Maybe
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.6%	Maybe
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.3%	Maybe
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	95.3%	Maybe
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	95.0%	Unlikely
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	94.6%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	94.2%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.2%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	93.3%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.0%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	92.5%	Unlikely
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.5%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	92.3%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	91.8%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	91.5%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	90.7%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	90.4%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	89.6%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	89.5%	Unlikely
João Pedro	CHE	7.3m	88.6%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	88.7%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	87.4%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	86.9%	Unlikely
O.Dango	BRE	6.1m	84.9%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	86.9%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	86.7%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	86.0%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	85.6%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.6m	83.7%	Unlikely

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FPL Fixture Ticker

Watchlists

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	C
No Change	Alisson	LIV	C
No Change	Donnarumma	MCI	C, Sus
Up	Kelleher	BRE	C, Vs
Down	Ramsdale	NEW	C
No Change	Dubravka	BUR	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	C
No Change	Jurriën Timber	ARS	C, Inj
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	C
Up	Andersen	FUL	C
Up	Marc Guehi	CRY	A
Up	van den Berg	BRE	C, Vs
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	A
No Change	Milenkovic	NFO	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	A
No Change	Mukiele	SUN	C, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Saka	ARS	B
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Foden	MCI	A
No Change	Semenyo	BOU	C
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	C
No Change	Minteh	BHA	B
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	A
No Change	Schade	BRE	C, Vs, Sus
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	A, Vs
No Change	Mateta	CRY	C
Up	Ekitiké	LIV	B
Down	Welbeck	BHA	C, Rest
Down	Woltemade	NEW	B

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

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Captain Sensible – Gameweek 9

23 October 2014 1311 comments

Paul

Our weekly analysis of the Captaincy contenders arrives once again this evening. As always, we take a three-part approach which includes the weekly poll standings, the Opta statistics and our Rate My Team projections to help steer your thoughts on the armband conundrum.

The Captain Poll

A four-goal blitz against Tottenham last time around has ensured Sergio Aguero is this week’s runaway leader, with almost 50% of the votes cast. Up to nine goals for the season, the Man City forward has netted in six of his eight appearances so far, and up against a West Ham side with a single shut-out all season (at home to QPR), Aguero has already risen 0.2 in price heading into the weekend deadline.

Graziano Pelle is some way back in second spot. The Southampton striker has earned just under 16% of votes cast as he prepares for the visit of Stoke – bearing in mind his last three appearances at St Mary’s have returned 13, 9 and 15 points in the FPL game, though, the Italian looks a viable option. Team-mate Dusan Tadic earns 4% of votes after serving up a goal and four assists at home to Sunderland – the playmaker has now produced 34 points in the last three in front of his own supporters.

Diego Costa remains in contention for the league leaders’ trip to Old Trafford. Only 4% are considering the Chelsea forward with the armband due to Jose Mourinho’s mind games, but if given the chance against United’s dodgy defence, he has to be considered, having netted in all but one of his seven appearances.

Raheem Sterling is an armband option for some as Liverpool prepare for a home clash with Hull. Having scored or assisted in five of his seven starts, the youngster has remained a consistent option – after moving to the lone forward role against Real Madrid in midweek, he’s persuaded 3% of Fantasy managers to hand him the captaincy. Gylfi Sigurdsson is similarly backed for Swansea’s home encounter with Leicester, though is struggling for form, having blanked in four of the last five.

Further down, Arsenal and Spurs are overlooked ahead of enticing showdowns with Sunderland and Newcastle. Danny Welbeck (3% of votes) and Alexis Sanchez (1%) face a Black Cats backline that shipped eight to Southampton last weekend, whilst Christian Eriksen (1%) and Nacer Chadli (0.8%) will be looking to take advantage of a Magpies defence that have kept out their opponents just once in the last six.

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JaydenLFC87
11 years, 1 month ago
Which 2 to bench this weekend please??

A) Duff (EVERTON)

B) Moore (swansea)

C) Wilson (southampton)
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1. AllINeedIsCoffee
  11 years, 1 month ago
  Chance of a clean sheet is very low for all of them, should just look at game time and potential cards.
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2. Patty
  11 years, 1 month ago
  Moore imo, if any of hose teams aren't to score I will be swansea
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BRONALDINHO
11 years, 1 month ago
Harry Kane sucks at being a GK
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Cpt Crunch Scott talent
11 years, 1 month ago
Why does Chambers(Ars) not have any numbers on fplstat? He seems to be locked, is there any chance he will rise in the near future?
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AH 🙂
11 years, 1 month ago
Pick One Fellas !
A) Costa , Siggy , Lovren OUT for Hazard , Sakho/Berihino , Baines IN + £0.3 ITB all for -4 ?

B) Costa , Sterling , Lovren OUT for Hazard , Sakho/Berihino , Baines IN + £2.7 ITB also for -4 ?

Please help me Fellas !! 🙂 Cheers 🙂 !?!?!
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1. AllINeedIsCoffee
  11 years, 1 month ago
  Neither seems to be worth a - 4.
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2. mastertokalosh
  11 years, 1 month ago
  A
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  1. Delhidynamo
    11 years, 1 month ago
    Neither. Just ship out Lovren right now
    So you have two Fts and do them next week to get Haz vs QPR without a hit
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AH 🙂
11 years, 1 month ago
🙂 🙁 Pick One Fellas !
A) Costa , Siggy , Lovren OUT for Hazard , Sakho/Berihino , Baines IN + £0.3 ITB all for -4 ?

B) Costa , Sterling , Lovren OUT for Hazard , Sakho/Berihino , Baines IN + £2.7 ITB also for -4 ?

Please help me Fellas !! 🙂 Cheers 🙂 !?!?!
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1. Patty
  11 years, 1 month ago
  A
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Rossertron1
11 years, 1 month ago
A
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Kolo Kolo
11 years, 1 month ago
Two great options for (C)

A. Kun
B. Pelle

(Considering Pelle's return at the Saints 15, 9 & 13)
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youzef
11 years, 1 month ago
Start Neil Taylor or wisdom? Got baines & clyne starting and duff on the bench.
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1. radamelodrama
  11 years, 1 month ago
  Starting Naylor Baines Clyne Moreno.
  or I'd say Neil.
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rouy005
11 years, 1 month ago
To captain Kun, pelle or siggy?
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wiibrahim
11 years, 1 month ago
Not sure if i should go with 3 or 4 defenders.
Who should i start: Sakho (whu), yes the striker, or Moreno?

I have Aguero, and Pelle up top. And clyne, wisdom and n taylor in defence.
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1. Polqa
  11 years, 1 month ago
  have the same problem with sakho and Moreno, which one to bench.. Personally have no faith in west ham vs City, but due to great form lately and city´s usually concede goals, I´ll go form over fixture.
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Polqa
11 years, 1 month ago
Begovic
Ivanovic - Clyne - Kaboul
Sterling - ADM - Dyer - Fabregas
Aguero - Welbeck - Sakho

Subs: Moreno (Hul H), Wisdom(Cry H), Wanyama(Stk H) and Krul(Tot A)

Any inputs to my team this GW? Should I play any of my subs instead?
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radamelodrama
11 years, 1 month ago
Bego
Clyne - Baines - moreno - naylor
siggy - adm - raheem - fab
Pelle - Costa (C)
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Dyer - ulloa - moore.

I missed the kun wagon and used the FT for Baines.
Should I serve a -8 and get in rambo & Kun somehow?
RMT please.
Suggestions if any.
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Devon
11 years, 1 month ago
Anybody going to take a punt on PELLE (C)?

Guzan
Lovren - Clyne - Jagielka - Wisdom
Sterling - Di Maria - Siggurdson
Costa - Pelle (C) - Aguero
Sub: Dummet, Downing, Quinn, Krul (1.6 in the bank)

Sitting on 5103 overall and i think C for Pelle could help to me to improve moving foward.
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Romford Pele - Don't w…
11 years, 1 month ago
Bit of a headscratcher. Who do I bench?

A) Diego Costa (mun)
B) Pelle (STK)
C) Tadic (STK)
D) Welbeck (sun)
E) Sigurdsson (LEI)
F) Di Maria (CHE)
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