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15 August 2016 3450 comments
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Gameweek 1 concludes at the Bridge, as Chelsea boss Antonio Conte becomes the final new manager to make his Premier League bow.

His opening task is far from straightforward. West Ham United arrive as opposition boasting one of the finest away records in the league under Slaven Bilic last season.

That included a 2-2 draw in the corresponding fixture, where goals from Manuel Lanzini and Andy Carroll earned the Hammers a point.

While Lanzini sits out tonight’s match through injury, Carroll is in the starting line-up although Dimitri Payet can only make the bench.

The Frenchman could yet see action and will surely post the biggest threat to Conte’s rearguard once on the pitch. His 28% ownership will certainly be desperate for him to make an appearance.

Chelsea have their own gamechanger in Eden Hazard. The Belgian starts for the Blues as he auditions for the heavy-hitter midfield role in our squads.

There’s no shortage of talent on show. We can only hope that translates to points and a Monday night spectacle.

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  1. Chucky
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    no live scoring on FPL this year? 🙁

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Must be the numbers. getting intermittent errors now.

    2. Gazpilicueta
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      apparantly not...stupid site.

    3. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      New site is gash

      1. Clump
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        ^ What you said.

  2. RoysCallerAnne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    5 of my 11 get 3 BPs. Ooh yeah.

    1. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Same here 😀

    2. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Same

      😎

      1. Mavric Marco
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        It's 6 if you count Capoue on the bench!

  3. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    So Hazard gets a lucky penalty and scopes 3 Baps

    This game is corrupt 🙂

    1. Bleach †
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      You have Ibra?

      1. Syd.
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Diego 🙂

    2. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Classic Hazard.

  4. decisions
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Foster, Lamela, Hazard, Redmond, Mahrez, Capoue (benched), Ibra, Aguero....

    Yet all I'm concerned with is picking Gray over Negredo.. Can't let it go..

    "Hello, my name is Decisions and I'm a Fantasy Football addict..."

    1. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      You must have a great score, just enjoy it, doesn't happen often in GW1 🙂

    2. Hurricane Gilbert
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      You should be very happy 🙂

      1. decisions
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I'm obviously a glass half empty kind of guy...

    3. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Be happy mate!

    4. Donkey_Sanctuary
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      You've done well. I'd hate to see what you're like if you actually do badly. If you can't see that you've had a good week you have no sense of perspective

      1. decisions
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        ha. I know I have for sure... but can always strive for more 🙂

  5. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    My refresh just killed FPL, sorry guys

    1. Hy liverpool
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      +1

  6. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Wins for Pep Klopp Conte Jose, a draw for Poch, and losses for Wenger + Ranieri

    1. Slam
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Pep and Conte cutting it close.
      Klopp with the best win as usual 😎

      1. Valar(Keith)
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Klopp kinda cut it close too to be fair

        1. Slam
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          I guess so,
          what I meant really is that those two scored winners in the 85+ minute

        2. Davido989
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Agreed, though he had the hardest fixture for sure

      2. pundit of punts
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Klopp cut it close as well. He won by a goal just like Pep and Conte.

  7. Slam
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    And just like that, all the games are done and Slamdog is 90% sure he's saving his transfer after GW1, wow.

    1. Shifty
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Who's slamdog?

      1. Ha.
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Never heard of him

    2. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Same but Vardy -> Costa is tempting.

      1. jurgenklopp.8
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        very...

  8. The Taint Tickler
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Bottomed. Oscar + Rooney to Hazard + Negredo (/another 6.5m striker)?

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

    Vardy to costa?

  10. GoonerByron
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Should be 66 all out.. Happy with that for week 1

  11. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Happy days for most of us i presume. Well done lads!

    1. joinho
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Yea didn't have any players playing tonight, but i'll take 62 for gw1, think that's the best opening gw i've had in a good while, now the tricky part is doing it every week...

  12. Geriatric Unathletic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    FPL may well be free, but, the site is totally fluckked!

    1. joinho
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Hopefully they'll fix it soon its still early days considering they've completely redesigned the site

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

    Juhuuuuuuuuuu

    Hazard and Costa deliver, blow it out your Zlatan 😎

    1. Lateriser 12
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Whats your beef with my Ibra fish?

  14. Whazza
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Conte I freakin love you, so much passion!

    1. FPL Puppy
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      This!

  15. Jammy Dodger
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Save FT, or go for this?

    Fuchs + Townsend > Chambers + Barkley ?

  16. rocrocodile
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    So how did you do? If Haz gets 3baps, I'm on 78.

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Really good that. Dunno, probably 60.

    2. FPL Puppy
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      56, fairly pleased. 🙂

      1. Slam
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        This

    3. Smythe
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      82

    4. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Same! 🙂

    5. ChampChomp
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      74 and very happy with that

    6. Guru Mediation
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      58, delighted. And happy with set up for next week

  17. Samwise the Brave
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Bonus?
    Haz 3?
    Costa 2?

    1. ejaknian
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      oscar 1

    2. FPL Puppy
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I would be suprised if Costa got any bonus. Maybe 1.

      1. ChampChomp
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I'd say he'll get the two. Forwards get lots of BP for scoring and it was the winning goal as well

    3. Donkey_Sanctuary
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Haz 3
      Collins 2
      Someone that isn't Costa 1

  18. Lyonnais
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    I'm starting to hate the new FPL site.

    We should make a list with things they need to improve. Mark probably has the power to get things changed.

    1. Gazpilicueta
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      im in. ill sign

    2. WDT
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Mobile site totally unusable. Transfers on it impossible. Main site also poor, no live updates.

    3. Samwise the Brave
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Site is gone backwards 3 years

    4. ViperStripes
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      As I've said before mymate owns one of the UK's leading Web Testing Companies. I'm happy to make the introductions if someone at FFS can introduce me to someone at FPL Towers. The testing company looks after William Hilll and many bluechipbanks. FPLshould be a doddle.

  19. BB-8
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    What's the baps like?

  20. Ha.
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea defender?

    Y / N ?

    1. Nicks93
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Y

  21. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    The guys that run FPL this year, forever unreliable.

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I heard that they ran some IPL game which was the same. Don't try and use it during or just after games basically.

  22. Jazz!
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Love you Costa and Hazard!

  23. Whazza
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Is the freakin site down again!?

  24. tissae
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Why is everyone trying to get rid of Oscar now? I tought he did goodthis game, work rate was very high

    1. Whazza
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      no pens, like vardy :p

    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Too deep, not on pens, Hazard will kill us

  25. Tansey
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Who should I get in out of Costa and Haz?

    1. ejaknian
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      hazard 3

    2. 12BeatFC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      sat way tooo deep. was behind matic most of the game.

    3. BigManBakar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Hazard.

    4. rocrocodile
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I guess that depends on the rest of your team. Costa seems the better option, at his price. I have Hazard, and feel allright about that.

    5. n-doggg
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Ibra and lamela

    6. tissae
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Haz back at his best form

    7. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Haz

  26. Numb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Why has Costa not been awarded the goal on FPL?

    1. Gazpilicueta
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      on mine, when it was loading he had 0 points lol

    2. Donkey_Sanctuary
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Because the site is useless. He'll definitely get it. Probably best just to go to bed and check in the morning. Folk constantly refreshing the site will just waste their time and get annoyed!

  27. Boydinho
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Who LOL'd @ me yesterday for pointing out that Klavan had a big part in Walcotts goal?

    Same thing at Chelsea's winner today. As a defender you can't let the ball go thru you. Poor from Collins, first he backed of and let Costa take the shot, then he let's the ball between his legs and gives Adrian no chance cause it's the "defenders corner" to cover.

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

    70 points

    Hurray for me!

  29. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    So Terry and Costa get their win and go home happy. Pleased for them, couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch...

  30. Valar(Keith)
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Really tempted to get Martial in this week.. got a feeling Manutd are gonna have a field day vs Puel's Diamond. Feel good that the only transfer i feel like making(and wont make) is a luxury transfer ie Mahrez to Martial

    1. BananaNose Maldonado
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      You realize that Southampton gave up fewer chances than anyone this week, right?