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13 August 2016 4436 comments
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Attentions now turn to the Etihad where Pep Guardiola makes his Premier League bow.

David Moyes’ Sunderland are the guests and potential party poopers, although the odds do seem stacked against them.

The Black Cats are in transition under their new manager, while City boast such attacking riches there can be no doubt that they head into today’s clash as overwhelming favourites.

Expectant Fantasy managers will be looking to Sergio Aguero to capitlise – the Argentine heads into the teatime kick-off as the most popular captain choice in the Gameweek and with over 40% ownership.

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

  1. Neto
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Any notes about Deulofeu?

    1. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      His first name is Gerard.

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      He plays for Everton

    3. Dark_Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      He didn't score

    4. Canadian Football
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      missed a great opportunity

  2. Costa in Wengerland
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    32 ðŸ˜
    Only 2 left ðŸ˜

    1. Licky
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Who do you have?

      1. Costa in Wengerland
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Hazard and Rooney

        1. Licky
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Could be good, could be bad. :/

  3. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    That fall looked painful

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Her camel toe looked more painful. 😀

    2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Her own fault, but yeah it must have hurt

  4. C_G
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    60 with Valencia and Hazard to go. Cheers for all the feedback lads.

    1. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Solid start lad!

      1. C_G
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        how'd you do?

  5. changes ?:
    + Stones, Barclay, Diom, Kun Negredo (nearly 6k in already)
    - Hart, Musa, Morgan, Vardy

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Relax

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Chillout man.

    3. Should say PRICE CHANGES not transfers!

      1. C_G
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        lol

      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        In the chaos of the morning no show from the site (and I was trying a good 20 mins before deadline) I ended up with Albrighton (Lei) and Fletcher (WBA) as my 4th and 5th mids. Issue is that while Fletcher is 4.5, Albrighton is 5.5 and didn't even start, seems a big waste of 1.0 doing nothing when he really should have been a 4.5 player.

        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Reply fail.

    4. Giovanni Giorgio
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Jesus have some chill man.

      1. Read again

        1. I aint changin nuffin with 48 pts and 3 to play

        2. Giovanni Giorgio
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Over the course of the week? Sure. Tonight? Not a chance.
          Might aswell add Lamela, Redmond, Capoue and Amat too.

          1. They don't have much "transfers in" movement record on the site

    5. Hurrikane
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Stones? (2)
      Barclay? (Did you see the goal at all + his performance otherwise)
      Kun???

    6. JAC THE CAT
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      What's the best website?

      Fpl statistics not working?

    7. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Calm down calm down

  6. FPL Footy Show Pod
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    43 points with Martial and Shaw to play tomorrow... I'm relatively happy....

    Zaha just too much of a wildcard (missed a 1on1!) but Llorente scooped 5 points!

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Sounds like a good result considering your punty team.

  7. I thought Coleman would only be out for a week???? ðŸ™

    1. I'm going to have to waste my FT, what's the best 5.5 to transfer him for? ðŸ™

      1. ThunderPants
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        valencia or shaw?

      2. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Watch Chelsea and Man U then decide

  8. Merseyman
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Is there any way I can see what points my mini league members have yet?

    1. Jolly Good
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      App, but it's crappy

      1. Merseyman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Which app?

    2. phace
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Phone App allows you to see if you open the league and click their teams.

      1. Merseyman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        It still says their yet to be added though...

        1. Merseyman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Guess I just have to wait for the points update...

  9. J âš’ Gimme ur Mané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Now that the first group of games are finished.....

    Which player are you already eyeing up for your first transfer.

    I'm waiting to see how ibra does tomorrow and then shipping vardy to Kane or ibra 100%!

    1. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I have Wally but if he doesn't start tomorrow, then I'm bringing in Barkley. Other than that, no-one tbh.

      1. J âš’ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Wally! Good luck, me great to see a wally punt work out.

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Lamela for townsend. Howver i will give him one more week.

      1. J âš’ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I was toying between these two as well! Ended with Townsend too.

        Like you, I think he will come good, they have fixtures on their side too. Fancy him to score against his old club!

    3. Dark_Mata
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Del Boy out

      1. J âš’ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Don't blame you. How did lukaku look today?

    4. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      If Ibra does well, I think that I will be tempted to also trade Vardy for him... If Ibra scores, I'd fear a price swap in both directions over the next several days, imo. I think Kane is safer although he was very uninvolved today as well. This isn't a desirable move, so for multiple reasons, I'm hoping for an Ibra blank.

      1. J âš’ Gimme ur Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Looks like me and you are in the same boat.

        What do you think you will do if ibra blanks though?

        Stick? Kane? Ibra?

        1. walkman666
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Sorry I never replied. Took a nap! 100F in New York. Anyway, if Ibra blanks, I'd possibly trade Vardy to Kane to avoid a Vardy price fall and for Kane's better match up.

    5. ThunderPants
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      will watch redmond and see how and where he plays next week. potential swap for townsend, but I'm going to save this week

  10. Tonight's PRICE CHANGES ?
    + Stones, Barclay, Diom, Kun Negredo (nearly 6k in already)
    - Hart, Musa, Morgan, Vardy

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No changes tonight.

      1. Why not? Surely if there's enough transfer movement?

        1. Totally !rre!evant
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          6k is barely anything...

        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          6K is a drop in the ocean.

        3. Sess!
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Rarely changes on first day

    2. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Doubt there'll be any

    3. Spencer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      There won't be any price changes tonight.

  11. The Curse of Falcao
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Bit sideways but with Fischer the only player who didn't play in my team, is Fischer > Ramirez that bad an idea, same idea just have the player that's actually playing lol

  12. Brian (Not the Messiah)
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    how did mahrez look?

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Pretty anonymous apart from the pen.

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        This.... Thinking of dumping him after one week

        Leicester looked more like relegation candidates today all over the show against Hull

        1. Sess!
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Same. Might get lamela.

    2. FPL Footy Show Pod
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Quiet... Sloppy passes... But the whole midfield looked awful

    3. phace
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Not himself. Think he may indeed be on his way out from LCFC.

      1. The Curse of Falcao
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        There is no buy out clause in his contract so Leicester will not sell. Well tell a lie they would sell for mega money, but Arsenal will not pay t because Wenger is as tight as a nun.

    4. Jusagoras
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Did have a couple of shots in the box which went wide, and attempted a few through balls. Definitely the most likely points scorer from Leicester for me.

    5. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Disinterested.

    6. kalmoffit
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      He looked ok

  13. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Kane was crap early on last season then he came good then he bacame crap again towards the end of the season

    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Next week he's getting the armband.

      1. Hurrikane
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        this

      2. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Pardew loves a London derby

      3. MrMaverick
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        defo on my mind

      4. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah? Hmmmm

      5. Leaf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Same

  14. Lecky Legs FC
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    53 pts including BP, Eric Bailly keeps a clean sheet it will be a good start.

  15. Rath
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Fischer-->Ramirez? Sideways or worth it?

    1. The Curse of Falcao
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I'm thinking exactly the same. It's the only alarm bell in my team atm and it defo makes sense.

  16. Budweiser
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    62 points with Hazard, Valencia and Ibrahimovic to go! Not bad!

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Obviously

      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Well done though.

    2. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Nice, congrats!

    3. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Very nice

  17. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Will Bellerin start? I have Evans first sub ðŸ™

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Course he will

    2. La Vida Latte
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Unless he will catch pneumonia tonight -yes

  18. La Vida Latte
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Did anybody see thebpalace game today? I am curious about how Townsend played? Did he look ok?

    1. MrMaverick
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      had 6 shots

      1. La Vida Latte
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Only one inside the box.... It is hard to know when someone shoots a lot from distance if it is any good.. Did you see the game?

      2. BananaNose Maldonado
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Only one in the box. Same old Townsend.

    2. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Racked up points in DraftKings so must have been heavily involved

      1. La Vida Latte
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I am unfamiliar with draftkings scoring.. You get points for efforts, key passes and such?

    3. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      He will score against his old club next week.

      1. La Vida Latte
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Hes a keeper for nextweek then?

        1. Forever In Our Shadow
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Huh? Palace are away to spurs? Are you ok?

          1. La Vida Latte
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            I probably wont play him, but I think I keep him anyway. I'm thinkng about if i shall make any transfers this week

  19. MrMaverick
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    llorente had six shots today, it was his header that heaton pushed out into the path of Fer. I'm hoping for big things v Hull.

    1. SuperDunny - Used to be goo…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Nice

    2. Folks were hoping for but things from Leics v Hull...

  20. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    48 with Hazard, Firmino and Valencia left to play.

    Not a bad start. Think I'll probably save my free transfer. But options are;
    - Kane for Vardy or
    - Lamela for Eriksen.

    1. Hurrikane
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      we must have had identical teams, but I just did Kane for Vardy and plan on captaining him. Didn't really get fed much today with spurs playing average for first 60 odd mins, I'm going to remain optimistic and put it down to a small pre season (some players admitted they were rusty before the game) and expect them back to themselves at home against palace (who conceded to a team of defenders lol) next week.

      1. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Do you have Eriksen as well then? Not sure about doubling up on Spurs..

    1. Imagine the slating you'd have recieved with that midfield !

    2. Fi_fpl addict
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Did you not captain anyone , impressive score all the same!

  21. fastgun2111
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    46 points with Haz, Firmino and Valencia left. How am I looking? pretty average?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Inside 200K

    2. Sir Jose Wenger returns
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yeah not far off

  22. andy85wsm
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Redmond my top scorer so far 😎

    1. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I have him and Ramirez. Both looked very lively from the snippets I've seen. Bargains by the looks of things at this early stage.

  23. Any advice on what to do with Coleman please?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Out for "several weeks" - 5.5m def. Get rid I think

      1. Alright thanks. Shame I had to waste my FT.

    2. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Get rid, but assess replacements after this week has finished.

      1. Thank you.

  24. Messsiaah
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    54 with 3 left. now all i want is a goal from firmino

  25. Giovanni Giorgio
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    22 points on the bench sucks.

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      23 here. Might get some price rises at least.

      Was never going to play Capoue anyway so can't really complain. Keeper rotation didn't work though 🙂

    2. fastgun2111
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I feel you. At least i played Foster so all is not lost

    3. GHB
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I always see it as a positive this early. Should make some cash.

      I have Capoue and Amat, a load of incoming transfers this week

  26. C_G
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    How do you check ML opponent's teams?

    1. C_G
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      opponents'

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Wait for update

  27. Hect.OR 98th
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I'm not getting sucked into playing the price/value game this year. Last year, the early transfers I made in the first half of the season only gained me about 1.0m overall value and I pretty much had that in the bank all the time, even after the DGW WCs. I think this season could be another with good value players in all positions. I'd rather hold and assess each week properly rather than making changes after the first matches of the week.

    1. willl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Any changes being made tonight are kneejerks.

      1. Hect.OR 98th
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        That won't stop thousands being made though.

    2. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I think this season will be differant , so many expensive big guns across the top teams

      Unlike last season money made early will be important

      1. Hect.OR 98th
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        You think so? I'm not convinced. Today's big hitters haven't performed particularly well and I think there are good value players in the mid price range.

    3. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      In the chaos of the morning no show from the site (and I was trying a good 20 mins before deadline) I ended up with Albrighton (Lei) and Fletcher (WBA) as my 4th and 5th mids. Issue is that while Fletcher is 4.5, Albrighton is 5.5 and didn't even start, seems a big waste of 1.0 doing nothing when he really should have been a 4.5 player.

      Hopefully neither of them will drop till I WC, sometime around GW 4-5.

    4. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Last season was very different to others. Vardy Mahrez Ali were all cheap so it made the price game less important.

      If it's a big hitter year, you need to get those extra dollars built up early.

    5. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Could make a difference if there's not another Mahrez/Vardy/Alli situation.

  28. Oooof
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I have Vardy.

    If I wanted to swap him out this week, is tonight the best time to do so in terms of price change?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No. Aguero could get injured midweek also.

    2. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No. Wait.

    3. GHB
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I am captaining him next week

    4. Oooof
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks for the advice

    5. Hurrikane
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I think you could wait until Monday but better safe than sorry.

      Then again better safe than sorry waiting until all games have been played and your players come out uninjured.

    6. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Seems aggressive. We really don't know the price change algorithm this year, but I'd be surprised if prices moved tonight. Yet, if you are really averse to taking a price hit and don't want chance it, trading now ensures you won't get hit with one. There are other risks though (midweek injuries, injuries to players tomorrow) that could result in more trades than you wish to make.

    7. Oooof
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thanks for all the advice.

      Usually I wait until the day before the start of a gameweek before making any transfers, but reading contributions on here is making me question that strategy.

      I think I can hold off though in this situation.

  29. Nabs Kebabs
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    @BDA Shadow replied last page.

    1. Oooof
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Cheers - well done on your high score!

      1. Oooof
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Erm, read fail