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14 August 2016 2166 comments
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Jose Mourinho returns to the Premier League with a sun soaked Vitality Stadium providing the backdrop.

AFC Bournemouth host Mourinho and his Manchester United charges in today’s early kick-off, with Eddie Howe’s men attempting to follow Hull City’s lead and rip up the script.

Certainly today’s meeting will provide a stern test of Mourinho’s work over the summer – a tight pitch, a tight ground and a home side bristling with pace via Josh King, Callum Wilson and new signing Jordan Ibe.

But United have Zlatan Ibrahimovic; the Swede heads into the match having been handed the armband by 21% of Fantasy Premier League managers. It remains to be seen if he can keep pace with Sergio Aguero who was backed by 34% and rewarded them with a 9-point return in the day one win over Sunderland.

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

  1. 5L
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Tadic, Vardy - > Redmond, Ibra

    Worth a knee-jerk? haha

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

      Tadic was motm

    2. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Do it

    3. thep025
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Maybe. Or wait a week

  2. ktk_interista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    if anyone*

  3. ★Kuntheman★
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I really like my WC midfield: Hazard (potentially OOP) Firmino (currently OOP) Lamela (playing CF almost) Redmond (OOP) and Capoue (Playing like a CAM)

    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Did lamela play CF almost?? Thats interesting

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Definitely. Right in behind Kane. Looked the best out of the midfield three all game. Alli was much deeper.

        1. *sigh*
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          First half Alli was behind Kane NOT Lamwla who was mostly wide right.

          1. ★Kuntheman★
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            Lamela floated everywhere. Eriksen stuck mostly to the LW, Alli played up the middle but slightly deeper. I loved Lamela's positioning, especially right in behind Kane.

    2. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Own 4/5 (counted Firmino as Mané). 🙂 You WCing this week?

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        3/5*

      2. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Already done. I always WC in GW 1, regardless of performance. Just to catch some price rises and catch some people off guard.

        1. ★Kuntheman★
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          I play the GW 1 fixtures first, then I play the long term fixtures.

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

          How many points are you on for this week so far?

          1. ★Kuntheman★
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            49 with Firmino and Hazard to go

    3. The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      May want to watch Sanchez play first

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Not even in my thinking

        1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Why? Have you seen their run of fixtures from GW3-10?

          1. ★Kuntheman★
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            If he stays OOP, I might. But right now I'm not thinking about it. I only think his fixtures clear up after GW 6

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

          Then you're mad and bad and won't be glad when he starts scoring his fair share

    4. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      That's my current mid

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Must be good then! 😉

    5. U n I t e d
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      What your game ranks the last few years Kun?

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Pretty bad tbh, I never really took it seriously (try -24 hits) but I tried hard during the Euros and did well, so I'm doing the same this year and seeing how it goes. 🙂

        1. ★Kuntheman★
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          I always won my mini-leagues (somehow) but rank was never very good. My favorite rank was 420420 two years ago. Not my highest, but cmon everyone wants that ranking! 😉

          1. U n I t e d
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 8 months ago

            Least your honest, was wondering what affect your tactics had on your final ranking!

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

    69 points

    No Firmino , hazard etc

    Just Terry to come so this us my high point 🙂

    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Rage quit ?

    2. Count of Monte Hristo
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      65 with Hazard to play

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

        60 with hazard to play.

    3. The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Great I'm losing to a leaf...

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

      64

      With Firmino & Dirty Diego

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

    Did Geoff Shreeves just called pre-season a preeson?

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Thats what the kids are calling it these days

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        The *cool* kids

  6. H-SF
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    is anyone here on lower than 30 points?

  7. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Liverpool/ Chelsea to win the league imo

    1. Every Dog Has Its Day
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      going for united 🙁

    2. Slam
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      It actually is our year, I can feel it

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        I think Liverpool have the best squad tailored to the style of play under Klopp. Other squads haven't adapted to their coach's ideas yet, apart from Tottenham.

        1. devils advocate
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Most teams haven't had their full squad together yet so hard to tell who will adapt best.

          It's wide open this season imo.

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

      City or Man utd

    4. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Its our year

    5. H-SF
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      United or Chelsea

    6. Somalion
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      That'll make it the 20th consecutive PL title for Pool.

    7. The Road to Turfdom
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      The Manchesters being average-good doesn't mean Pool/Chelsea will be brilliant. I expect both City and United to improve, significantly.

  8. Lovren an elevator
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Smalling likely to start gw2?

  9. FPL Notebook (John)
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Nice wee goal from the big man!
    Got pretty lucky in the end changing: Vardy, Tadic, Alli -> Ibra, Redmond, Lamela at the last minute!

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Bloody nora

    2. tm245
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Wow, what a difference! Good start for you.

    3. I Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Give yourself some credit. Well done.

    4. FPL Notebook (John)
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Haha, thanks. I read one post about Zlatan's ownership and got scared. That forced me into the cheaper midfield players

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

        Jesus, you shouldn't of said that.
        "Scared of ownsership"

  10. Slam
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Scorecheck, 44 with 2 to go

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      48 2 to go

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

      60 with hazard to play

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

        43 with Haz to play.

    3. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Similar. 50 with Azpi + Hazard

    4. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      59 Hazard and Firmino to play

    5. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      48 with 2 (Firmino Hazard)

    6. davies
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Same

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

        Boom 😎

    7. *sigh*
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      40 with Sanchez Mane Oscar to go

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

      62, Firmino + Hazard.

      Feeling gooood

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

        *61

      2. Slam
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Nice nice nice, very nice, wow, incredible.
        Great start for you 😀

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

          Yeah cheers Slam 🙂

    9. Puntillimon
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      51 with haz and firm to go

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

      73 Walcott Firmino Costa

    11. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      40 firmino, haz, azpi

    12. ★Kuntheman★
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      49, two to go

    13. Urchin
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      51 with Oscar in the bag...

    14. Paganoi
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      69 with Haz to go

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

    New fpl interface is just terrible.

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      What happened to Walcott playing up front today mate? 🙂

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

        Him and Sanchez will be constantly swapping 🙂

        Just because that's what they look like on paper, doesn't mean that's exactly how they will play.

    2. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      yup.

  12. Moin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie is travelling to Merseyside to undergo a medical at Everton, according to Sky sources.

    We expect this process to take a couple of days.

    1. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      The traffic is a nightmare this time of yeah

      1. Galfadez
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        He's gone for the hitchhiking option obviously

    2. Magic Man
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      he's completed it

  13. French Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Who's getting the BAPS for the utd game ?

    1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Martial
      Rooney
      Ibra

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

      Martial ibra Rooney

    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      that's not your team! 🙂

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

        Yeah it is. How do I prove it?

  14. Emiliano Sala
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I promise to never transfer out tadic unless he get injured !

  15. TheCurseOfRaheem
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Who else opted for Vardy and Tadic over Ibra and Redmond? The pain is real. Killer feeling after all the preparation.

    1. I Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Me. The pain is real but could all turn around next week. Keep faith.

    2. devils advocate
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      I opted for Musa, Ibra Redmond.

  16. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Thierry Henry will be a terrible manager

    1. Drop Dead Tsimikas
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Eh?

    2. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Lol

  17. Simon69
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Fischer > ?

    Best replacement at 5.5?

    1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Gaston Ramirez 100%.

      If you need a reason why I can give you plenty 😛

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 8 months ago

        Keep it quiet mate 😛 😉

        1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          Sorry Jazz, I'm gonna have to stop gloating about how well he performed 😛 Shame it didn't translate into the points it deserved!

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

        Please convince me! 🙂

        1. Obi-1 Kenobi-0
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 8 months ago

          He had two good efforts on target, hit the post, the bar, made a clearance off the line, is on freekicks and corners. Played just behind the striker, if not level with him.

          All for £5.5m!

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

            You passed!

    2. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Fer

    3. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      No one plays like Gaston, makes a pass like Gaston. No ones shot is as hard and on point as Gaston

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

      G Ramirez

  18. Drop Dead Tsimikas
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Mkhi bullet dodged = good
    Ibra picked instead of Rooney = I still say it will be good in the long run
    Marty firmly on the watchlist

    Only the defense disappoints. Still, 57 before Haz ain't bad.

  19. SW6
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Say its a knee-jerk, call me a sheep, whatever. I'm not doing that every week. Come to my team Zlatan

  20. Swan - Villa Proud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Given Bolasie will be there soon I may save the FT this week then do Deilofeu + Kone-> Redmond + Willams next

  21. Lone Wolf FPL
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    "According to MailOnline, Wenger will hold hold fire in the hope that Lyon will lower their valuation for Lacazette, who was unable to get into France's side for Euro 2016."

    He just bags a hattie 😉

  22. H-SF
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    I am actually worried I am doing the worst here.
    I am on 30 with 3 to play (haz, firmino and carroll)

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

      Don't worry about it. All the big scores come out on here while those who don't have a great week retreat into the shadows.

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      21 here mate. 🙂

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

      Keep the faith; just don't take too many points hit + rage wildcard just yet.

    4. devils advocate
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Hats off to those that post their lower scores.

      Don't panic it's a long season. Today's hero is tomorrow's zero in this game and vice versa.

      Plenty of time to catch up.

  23. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    A Firmino brace would be the thing of dreams

    1. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Yes sir

  24. schlupptheweek
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Any good in play tips for Liverpool vs Arsenal? I did £25 on over 2.5 goals of bet365 and will place another risk free £25 in play

    Maybe over 10 in the corner market is best?

  25. makarabog
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Ibra was good, not excellent but that magic spark in his legs will surely add some goals to his tally. I'd say when ManU are playing great you will be all over Martial, Mkhi, Ibra etc. but once they have a bad one and blank, everyone will cry how overpriced they are. The team is stacked and dodgy goals from the not owned guys like Rooney or Fellaini that win goals

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

      will make you angry. Ibra will get his goals, but I think people exaggerate his value because he is a football legend. Edit: sorry for the above post I missclicked

  26. PnutButterWolf
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    For those panicking and thinking of ripping up their teams, my advice is step back and stay calm. It's a marathon not a sprint. In poker one might make rash decisions and win, it doesn't make that decision wise; similarly a smart poker player may bet on a hand knowing they are odds on to win but lose - however the smart player knows they still made the right call. For instance I picked Vardy and i stand by that decision - against a depleted Hull side he could easily have taken that penalty and scored with another chance. You will have picked your squad for a reason so have faith in it. Don't judge your team after one week, after 4-5 weeks performances will regress to the average and it will be clearer who the best picks will be.

    1. I Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      Couldn't agree more.

    2. Puntillimon
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 8 months ago

      well said. in the end, this game is a lot about luck

  27. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 8 months ago

    Defoe anyone?