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28 December 2014 2817 comments
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Sunday’s final match takes place at St James’ Park as out-of-sorts duo Newcastle and Everton go head-to-head.

Having ended Chelsea’s unbeaten start to the season, Alan Pardew’s side have subsequently lost each of their last three, though in Papiss Cisse, they have a forward in form – the Senegal striker took his tally to eight for the campaign by spoiling United’s clean sheet on Friday afternoon. We’ll also be keeping an eye on our Spot the Differential pick Moussa Sissoko – the Frenchman has scored or assisted in three of the last four in front of his own fans.

The Toffees have lost three of their last four as second-season syndrome kicks in under Roberto Martinez. A run of eight matches without a clean sheet has persuaded many Fantasy managers to look for alternatives to Leighton Baines – the visitors’ chances of keeping out their opponents have been dealt a blow after Tim Howard and Phil Jagielka were ruled out through injury. Further up the pitch, Martinez has dropped Romelu Lukaku, Ross Barkley and Kevin Mirallas to the bench as he shuffles his pack to deal with the festive schedule.

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  1. SW6
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    I'm gonna use my January WC in February. #FPLRebel

    1. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      danger , danger, high voltage.

  2. nibby
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Jovetic to start vs Sunderland?

    1. SW6
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Yep, and I'm gonna captain him.

  3. Tomas Brolin ate all Depays
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    So are Azpi and Luis now sharing game time?

    1. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Only during this festive period, Azpi should win most game time from then on.

    2. mgilbert86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      rotation because of holiday

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

    Barkley to Downing with a FT. Good move?

    1. Timtastic03
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      No imo, find funds for Sterling if you don't already have him.
      When are you planning on using the WC?

  5. Sliver
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Question - Carroll likely to be rested for next game? Or is Sakho the safer bet?

  6. PogChamp
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    DDG baps. Nice 🙂

  7. Curves in Alderweireld Plac…
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    That SlicyWrist guy...this site has gone to the dogs. Mods have probly gone to sleep 🙄

    1. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      its blatant attention seeking. Sometimes the forum creates these monsters by feeding them with responses.

  8. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    To top it all off, I didn't even know that Hamer was first choice and played Forster instead.

    LOL

  9. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Score check

    50 all out Austin (c)

    (Hazard Panti Bavies Hutton Baines Boyd did the job)

    1. Curves in Alderweireld Plac…
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      cool story bro

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Shite patter mate.

    2. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Great score, big green arrow for you most likely! Rank?

      1. HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        16k

    3. icywrists23
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      nice man! i have 60 with bony and a.williams left. good job!

      1. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        I don't believe you.

    4. Black Knights
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      48 with Siggy.

  10. Timtastic03
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    FPL back to normal after the ridiculous 70+ averages?

    1. mgilbert86
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      possibly

  11. 1966 was a great year for E…
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    A) Taylor +4.5
    B) Siggy

    Who wins?

  12. Iamjack
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    32 with siggy left . current rank is 101 k

    red or green ?

    1. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      You should get a small green as the overall average is pretty low at 25

  13. Van Dal
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    40 with naylor to to about average?

    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Same as me.

    2. 7shadesofsmoke
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      a bit better than

    3. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Just above average I'd say

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

      No, think thats pretty strong

  14. Jonny Sutt
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Everton Newcastle bonus points?

  15. S.Kuqi
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    So if Baines needs to go the question is for who?

    Have:

    - Terry (3 Chelsea)
    - Zab (1 rotation threat is enough)

    Possible replacement:

    - Skrtl could be one but he is on 4 yc and not sure if Pool can still defend.
    - Hutton? Decent fixtures but don't want to double Villa def and no need for extra cash atm

    Might as well keep him just one more gw.

    1. Jonny Sutt
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Zab as long as u have some depth in ur defence

    2. beric
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Keep for hull!

    3. Del Griffith
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Zab could be rested but Clichy has had his rest to Baines to Clichy could work

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

      Double defences are high risk/high reward, but Villa's fixtures look good, I would get Hutton, but for Baines out? Debatable, Baines is always on pens ultimately. I'd stick, but if you can get Hutton in, he is fantastic value.

    5. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      4 YC is over though now isn't it? So if he doesn't get one tomorrow you can buy him no worries. Or maybe i've got that wrong...

  16. Jimbo123
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Who will score more points between now and the end of the season?

    A) Falcao

    Or

    B.) Pelle

    1. Curves in Alderweireld Plac…
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Aguero

  17. Heydudes13
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Yun > Terry on a FT ❓

    Having difficulty with this one 😕

  18. icywrists23
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    how did everyone teams do today????

    1. Demí
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Better than your grammar

      1. daisybcfc
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        my team did about as well as his grammar

      2. SW6
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Shots fired

      3. icywrists23
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        your team scored under 30 huh? lol, I tripled your score.

        1. 7shadesofsmoke
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          clearly makes up for it with his math 😆

          Best response ever.

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Not as good as your unlinked team.

    3. 1966 was a great year for E…
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      If you ned to warm your wrists up, try a Stanley knife.

    4. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Bedtime.

    5. Nico.
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      totalfpl.com

      Try this site instead. You'll find a whole bunch of people like you over there.

    6. rozzo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      What is your overall rank? Bet it is shite.

  19. Tibbs
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Hutton/ Guzan double up and O'Shea to autosub Azpi, saved my bacon.

  20. PogChamp
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Pell messing around with the defence yet again. He should never have benched Clichy.

    1. Demí
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      How? Clichy and Kolarov will always rotate when both are fit. Clichy played the last game, can't really pinpoint that for them failing to see off Burnley at home. Do you have Clichy by chance?

      1. PogChamp
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah 🙂 He did drop Clichy a few weeks ago though.

        1. Demí
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 3 months ago

          Would be Zabaleta or Kompany only for me. Clichy a great pick while Kolarov was out, but too risky now

  21. bluenredhattrickmaster97
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Should I do Benteke>Diouf or Benteke>Barnes? Second goalless performance from tek. Do it?

  22. The Light Knight
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Nice Baines haul. Triple his 6 week average
    Lol at sellers

    1. Del Griffith
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      the thing with Baines is you have to be patient, yeo lol at sellers who missed out on his 4 point haul 😆

    2. Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      🙂

  23. trinzoo
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Guzan / Given

    Demichelis / Baines / Hutton
    Yaya / Hazard / Downing / Siggy
    Falcao / Kane / Austin

    Bench: Sanchez / Azpi / Taylor

    2 FT, 0.0 ITB, GTG or any transfers you would advice ?

    1. LOCO ABREU
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      benching sanchez?he's fpl top scoring player

  24. davies
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Tekkers out?

    1. LOCO ABREU
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      save

    2. BenDavies
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      You can't be serious?

    3. Back on the horse
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      what happened?

  25. Jonny Sutt
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Is tiote likely to get a bonus point?

  26. vkel
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    will Cisse be banned next week?

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      Five Live said that it would be "astonishing" if he wasn't reviewed/banned.

  27. Iamjack
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    chambers to hutton on a ft ?

    1. Del Griffith
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      aye

    2. Who Let The Dirk Kuyt?
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 3 months ago

      yup

  28. Elly88 > KTR (Kevin The …
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    So this week Silva (c) a no brainer right? Glad I believed and stuck with him.

  29. 5os
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    Yaya, Siggy -> Silva, Sterling for -4?

  30. Ludo
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 3 months ago

    This is one of those weeks where I have no idea what to do with my failing team, so I'm just going to save and re-assess with 2 FTs!