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With Chelsea and Tottenham out of contention this week, Fantasy managers are eyeing up the premium price bracket for potential replacements in the centre of the park. Whilst Spurs’ double Gameweek 28 will surely persuade Christian Eriksen owners to hold, the Blues’ pair Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas have been subject to significant transfers out this week after struggling to pick up the points in recent matches.

Fabregas, in particular, has afforded his 33% of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) owners cause for concern after serving up just two assists since the turn of the year. Hazard’s single strike and two assists in six has been boosted by nine bonus points, but with the Belgian’s goal threat very much on the slide, there are a number of options available for those looking to freshen up their five-man midfields.

In our second members article of the week, we cast an eye over four pricey midfielders – David Silva, Mesut Ozil, Raheem Sterling and Angel Di Maria – whose recent form is very much on the rise. The quartet have all delivered returns in three of their last four league appearances and are starting to find consistency as the battle for our Fantasy attention heats up.

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  1. Captain Shirokov
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    What a Super Sunday this week.

    1. Declan
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      Cmon Ireland!

      1. JayBomb
        • 14 Years
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        This

      2. Captain Shirokov
        • 14 Years
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        The cricket, eh? Toughie against SA now. 😉

        1. Declan
          • 16 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          Egg chasing v Engerland

  2. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Oh well, bad day at the office for Arsenal...And now for Nabi, Davey and Hassan...Bring it on...

  3. RÏɠBY
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    berbatov.. what a dude 🙂

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      classy player

  4. CarelessGenius©
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    One week punt for any striker less than £7.9m.
    Thinking Cissé or N'Doye....thoughts?

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      doye

    2. FortunesAlwaysHiding
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      Draft league h2h side set up right for this week? Who to captain?...

      Forster

      Koscielny/Lescott/Haidara

      Nasri/Ozil/Mane/Coutinho

      Diouf/Benteke/Jelavic

      Bench: Azpilicueta/Vlaar/Fellaini/Hazard/RvP

      1. FortunesAlwaysHiding
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
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        Oops sorry

      2. skeyrd
        • 12 Years
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        if it's a draft league there surely must be better options than Haidara on the waver wire

  5. andres
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    sell wisdom or upgrade in mid?

    Panti (Foster)
    WISDOM Clyne Hutton ballerin (terry)
    Wally punch Mane boyd (hazard)
    Aguero Giroud (kane)
    1 FT. 7.0

    I am loaded!! 🙂

  6. palalmas
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Is PvA dropped from starting 11?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      He was last week.

      1. palalmas
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        Wil he play next weekend?

    2. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      apparently it's just a 'wait on Friday' sort of deal, I'm dropping him as well, maybe regardless of the presser

    3. In Like Flynn.
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      Hard to tell on just 1 game.

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
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      😉

  7. Give The Todd Some Love
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Are people actually blaming Wenger for that defeat?

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
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      think they're blaming him for his XI and sub choices

      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        Meh. Perhaps Walcott should have started but it was an awful performance from start to finish, from front to back. Players should take the blame.

        1. sinik
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
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          I think players should ALWAYS take blame when a match goes badly tbh..

          it's just a question of whether the manager is also deservedly catching flack or not

    2. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      I am

    3. Epic Fail
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      All Berba's fault.

    4. Not Irish
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      11 years, 1 month ago

      Well yeah, they still only have one capable defender in the side. And nothing in CM.

    5. The Machine
      • 12 Years
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      Of course. How many times have cazorla Welbeck giroud failed when playing together...

  8. LOCO ABREU
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    Who assisted ox?

    1. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 14 Years
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      No one unfortunately, Ozil cross was headed out to him

    2. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
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      Think it was headed clear by a Monaco defender.

    3. LOCO ABREU
      • 14 Years
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      Cheers guys, bellerin 0, ozil 1, moya 2 what a day!

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        Bellerin must have given the ball away about 30 times!! 😆

  9. FortunesAlwaysHiding
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
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    Draft league h2h side set up right for this week? Who to captain?...

    Forster

    Koscielny/Lescott/Haidara

    Nasri/Ozil/Mane/Coutinho

    Diouf/Benteke/Jelavic

    Bench: Azpilicueta/Vlaar/Fellaini/Hazard/RvP

  10. The Machine
    • 12 Years
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    Disappointing appetizer

    time for the main course. Scotland vs afghanistan

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
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      Cant think of anything worse

      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
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        Ireland vs uae 😉

        1. Bubz
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          Would prefer to watch that one tbh

  11. Somalion
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Olivier Giroud, providing genuine belly laughs since Arsenal saved him from the glue factory.

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
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      That was some miss of his !!

      1. Somalion
        • 16 Years
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        I mean even a desperately confused heehaw like himself should finish that.

    2. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
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      got a link to the miss? was half watching at work

      1. Somalion
        • 16 Years
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        Nope, will keep an eye out!

    3. Not Irish
      • 12 Years
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      😆

  12. Big_Andy_GAWA
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Wally to come back in at the weekend for a brace. BAines pen. 2-1 Arsenal. Thanks 🙂

    1. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      would be nice as I'm tempted to keep faith and hold him one more week!

      1. Big_Andy_GAWA
        • 14 Years
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        Yeah, keep him. Bound to start after not starting either of their last two games. Hopefully he can get us some returns !!!

        1. sinik
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          fingers crossed! was delighted when he didn't start that at least he didn't feature at all..got me Aguero vice

    2. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
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      I'm almost certain he'll start. Gabriel too.

  13. CunkOnFPL
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    lost 3 points today in UCL

  14. donkey73
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Can I safely assume that Bellerin will not start vs Everton?

    1. Big_Andy_GAWA
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      He gave the ball away so many times today. He'd be dropped if *I* were Wenger...

    2. CunkOnFPL
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      I wouldn't think so

  15. Breadbin
    • 15 Years
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    Just about to watch the match on VHS. No spoilers or else.

    Did Giroud get injured?

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
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      Ah come on enough is enough

      1. The Machine
        • 12 Years
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        Yes a very touchy subject this......

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          Nah the joke has been made about 4 or 5 times now

          1. sinik
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
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            but it's funny!

        2. sinik
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
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          see below 😉

      2. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
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        it doesn't bother me at all as I still watched the matches and enjoyed them.

        what I'm enjoying more is the image of a grown man taking so much delight in ruining something for a person they don't know and then continually laughing about it for over a day!

        talk about sad 😆

        1. Epic Fail
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          What have I missed?

          1. sinik
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 1 month ago

            nothing really.

            asked for no spoilers but was curious if Silva escaped without injury because I was going to be without internet and be unable to watch the recordings until after changes and didn't want to stomach another rise..

            what followed was repeated spoilers from a few mature individuals.

            all in a day on the internet! 😆

            1. Epic Fail
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              Ahhh I see. Personally I stay away from the Internet full stop if there's something I don't want spoiling. Nobody cam be trusted.

              1. sinik
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 12 Years
                11 years, 1 month ago

                yep, it was my mistake thinking this was a community. really it's just like any other website. a few decent folk peppered among a sea of children 😉

    2. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      3-1 mertesacker hat trick

      1. Breadbin
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        Ban this clown!

      2. Captain Shirokov
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        You are pathetic and sad. You better ban him, mods.

        1. sinik
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          tar and feather actually

    3. Jax
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      Arsenal won drew or lost the game

      1. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        😯

    4. Not Irish
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      God are there ever some unimaginative b@stards on this site. Not talking about anyone in particular. Just saying.

      1. Breadbin
        • 15 Years
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        CR7.

        1. Not Irish
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          OMG

          1. Captain Shirokov
            • 14 Years
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            wow

    5. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      🙂

  16. applebonkers
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    11 years, 1 month ago

    bit of fortune for gayle at least with campbell and chamakh seemingly injured. not that their only striker who can score should be in danger but he is

    1. Demí
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      Thought Chamakh was close to making last game

  17. Ryan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Going to have to captain Sanchez. Sounds like he might be playing up front on the weekend.

    1. Jax
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      No it doesn't. You don't know that.

    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      I remember captaining Sanchez last time he was up front...

  18. icywrists23
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    lol how many times did ozil give the ball away? pathetic performance

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
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      17

  19. Big_Andy_GAWA
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    Just shows you how unpredictable the game of football is. I was thinking of doing bets earlier. Would have considered Arsenal to win; less than 2.5 goals; both teams NOT to score. You would have thought all three likely after watching the first 20/25 mins. Ended up being 4 goals. More money for the bookies. Thankfully not mine... 🙂

  20. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Bellerin and Ospina to get dropped for Everton game based on tonight?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      They have nobody better.

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
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      We'd have to drop everyone based on that performance...

      Wojjy
      Flamini Gabriel Ajayi Monreal
      Wilshere Zelalem Ramsey Crowley
      Recall Sanogo Akpom

    3. CunkOnFPL
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      based on tonight:

      Gru, Ozil, Welbz, Merte

    4. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      Osp
      Bellerin Chambers Kosc Gibbs
      Wilshere Coq Rosicky
      Theo Alexis Caz

  21. LewanGOALski
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    A defender, for this week only, not from NEW, SOT, nor WHU.

    Who do I go for ?

  22. Not Irish
    • 12 Years
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    Would love a gif of Ozil's pathetic "attempt" to get the ball back after giving it away cheaply. Summed him up.

  23. thepuntmaster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Check out my latest article on the Everton goalkeeper situation

    http://www.90min.com/posts/1901096-the-everton-goalkeeper-conundrum-and-what-it-means

    1. Demí
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      You dont control me

      1. thepuntmaster
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        lol - pleaseeee

      2. sinik
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        you've been very uppity the last few days 😉

        1. Demí
          • 15 Years
          11 years, 1 month ago

          I disagree. Was a lighthearted comment. Please never take anything i say seriously

          1. sinik
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
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            I didn't mean this you enabler 😉

            anyhow I don't care..all a bit of fun on the web.. 🙂

            1. Demí
              • 15 Years
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              Lol last night then? Yeah sorry about that. Again, didn't mean anything. Thought you would brush it off as a joke 😉

              1. sinik
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                I did after signing off..was just irked that it was played off as if I was the silly one for being annoyed..

                didn't matter, enjoyed the matches just the same 🙂

          2. sinik
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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            and how am I supposed to trust your lineups if the last sentence is the case? 😯

            😆

    2. World XI
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      11 years, 1 month ago

      Howard must be first choice in the long run?

  24. The Machine
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    Did anyone else notice coquelins attempts to suddenly become a dribbler today?

    gave the ball away pretty much every time he tried to be matic

  25. Pinky and Brain
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    Playing Cazorla at CM is so naive, leaving team exposed to counter attacks. Even world class DM wouldn't be able to cover so much space. Such mediocre team as Palace managed to create so many chances during weekend, Wenger simply underestimated oppostion trying to fit all attackers in. And what the heel was Bellerin doing playing basically right mid, didn't care about defending at all.

    1. Captain Shirokov
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      The team was set up like it was going to play a Fifa match, not a real one.

  26. Dr Dream
    • 13 Years
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    Can't listen to these clowns any more....It's only a week or two ago since they were saying Arsenal were the best team around...They talk kak....It was just a bad night for Arsenal.

    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      🙁

    2. sinik
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
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      happens to everyone..

      unfortunately I wouldn't say Monaco were particularly amazing either

    3. Captain Shirokov
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      Been having too many bad CL nights recently though. When was the last time they had a decent campaign?

    4. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
      • 12 Years
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      Gotta laugh at some of them haven't you. 😀 *cough* Jamie Redknapp.

      Saying Arsenal need a player like Kondogbia, yet didn't even know his name 5 minutes earlier. 😆 Quite clearly has never seen him play before.

    5. Wilshere Knowledge
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      The problem is that when we're bad, we're REALLY bad!

      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
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        I.E. against any team that defends properly.

    6. Give The Todd Some Love
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      People are fickle asf. Nature of football really, opinion fluctuates everywhere you look

    7. Ziro Becomes One
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      This, omg effin this.

  27. Iceball
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    Panti
    Bertrand Koscielny Bruce Jones
    Cazorla ADM Puncheon Boyd
    Aguero Giroud
    Subs: Hamer Terry Hazard Kane
    2ft 2,6m.
    Feel like I have to use 1FT this week, how?
    A) Puncheon ->Blind/Moses/Coutinho
    B) Hamer ->Krul
    C) Hazard ->Silva
    D) Terry ->cheapie and upgrade to Costa or power 4th mid soon

  28. thepuntmaster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 1 month ago

    9.2 for one def and one mid - ideas?

    1. JJO
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 1 month ago

      You know is McShane + Moses combo

      1. JJO
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 1 month ago

        It's

  29. FortunesAlwaysHiding
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
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    Help picking one of these to start for draft side....

    A) Fellaini (SUN)

    B) Coutinho (MANC)

    Thanks

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
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      B

      1. FortunesAlwaysHiding
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
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        Cheers

    2. World XI
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      what's a draft side?