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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. FPL Blow-In
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Play one of these for next week.

    A) Valencia
    B) Stones
    C) Friend

    Other two are Kone and Williams.

    Thanks

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

      Valencia

    2. Rich_20
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      A

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

      A easy

    4. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      c

    5. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Play your strongest XI

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers captain obvious 😉

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers. I have Redmond playing also but Valencia most likely to get an assist.

  2. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Good night everyone, off to bed.

  3. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hazard sky motm

    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Deserved

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

      More points for me (and everyone)

  4. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Is Lukaku on penalties for Everton? :mrgreen:

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

      Yep

      1. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Williams probably better than Baines, hopefully he starts next GW.

      2. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Source?

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          BBQ

  5. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Tumultuous GW in terms of points Great, then poor, then vg (60).

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Well done Ro-Land

      1. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Ta La-ma

  6. Kante Be Bothered
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Mkhitaryan to who?

    1. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Martial if you don't have Ibra. Haz if you don't have Haz. Or Payet if you don't have Payet.

      1. Kante Be Bothered
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Who is the better pick out of Martial or Payet?

  7. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Lost on last page:

    Fischer must go (thanks for the Capoue points mate!)
    I have 6.0:
    A Ramirez - almost natural switch
    B snodgrass - always tempting
    C Philips - fixtures and hope I guess
    D bolasie - surely for this amount he should play every game?

    1. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Ramirez

    2. Knowledgeable meerkat
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      A out of those for me

      1. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        You seem knowledgeable thanks

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

      Take it you have Redmond so A. Gaston

      1. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Don't have Redmond.
        I have tadic thou and he stays, so no double up for me.

  8. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    WBA kept the only clean sheet this Gw

    Foster essential 😉

    1. The Gambler.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Swansea say hi

      1. Still Unsure
          9 years, 7 months ago

        • Knowledgeable meerkat
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          I should rename to misinformed meerkat really shouldn't I. Apologies.

      2. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Was never in doubt

      3. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Such an overused expression, but this time I'm compelled to agree. Solid keeper, good defence and great run of fixtures ahead 🙂

    2. Mickey Tyrion™
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Not sure which direction to go here. Original plan was to save this week and take 2 FT's into GW 3 and downgrade a underperforming premium mid and upgrade the least impressive 6.5 forward...

      Stick with original plan or upgrade somewhere now?

      Cortouis (Jako)
      Valencia - Stones - Evans (Friend - Amat)
      Hazard - Firmino - Sanchez - Deulofeu (Capoue)
      Kun - Long - Gray

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Stick with whatever the plan was.

        1. Mickey Tyrion™
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Cheers. Was my gut instinct

    3. Jay_
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Costa shouldn't have been on the pitch

        https://twitter.com/davesulley/status/765296123284189184

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

          Ooooh!

        2. Hibbo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Nothing in it.

          Cant tackle these days without people going off their nuts on social media.

          😀

          1. Jay_
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Ha 😀 In all honesty, no complaints about the result. unless we sign a proper right back, we won't even finish top half. Totally deserved to lose.

              1. Camp No No
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Which however doesn't change that Costa should have been sent off, as per usual.

          2. Exilizer
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Clean as a whistle.

          3. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Ouch. What a silly bunt.

          4. MrMaverick
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            should have been off

        3. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 16 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Baps added if not posted.

          1. Hibbo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Cheers TM.

          2. Mavric Marco
            • 13 Years
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            Nice 1 TM!

        4. creaky24
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Just seen feghouli was injured before the game, anyone know if he'll be back for gw2?

          1. The Gambler.
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Knock

        5. dashdriver
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          de Gea
          Terry / Valencia / Stones
          Hazard / Tadic / Lamela / Deulofeu
          Agüero / Kane / Gray

          Jakupovic / Friend / Amat / Fletcher

          Not very happy with 53 points, but it's early days and I still feel confident about my team.

          Considering Gray > Llorente for GW2. What do you think?

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

            Save your FT

          2. Black Panther
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            As a Swans fan and Gray owner I'd stay away from Llorente, we have a nightmare run of fixtures after Hull. I'm keeping Gray against a poor Liverpool defence but if you want to replace him, Negrado and Rondon have form/fixtures.

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

              Thanks

        6. skatestorer
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Looking for some advice on Zabaleta, I own him, thought he would fit Pep's ideas well having watched how the backs behaved in his Munich side, but now he's not playing even as there are injuries? Should I panic yet?

          1. Knowledgeable meerkat
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Shouldn't have him really, get rid for sure

          2. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Yes.

          3. papabouba
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Panic. Run. Hide

        7. ANDREAS
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          please tell me your opinion about my team is it strong ???
          de gea
          baily- van djik-friend
          mane-tadic-lamela-hazard
          caroll-aguero-long
          bench(foster-amat-morgan-capoue

          please help!

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

            Forward line looks the main issue.

            1. ANDREAS
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              yes but whuch player can i take??? in the mid?

          2. papabouba
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Too much spend on defence and GKs

            1. ANDREAS
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              what do u thnk about mid and forward?

        8. Greenbackbøøg…
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Costa 0 bonus, only 5 points for game winning goal

          1. Epic Fail
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            You seem surprised.

            1. Greenbackbøøg…
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Just weird to think Hazard got double his points for both scoring a goal, I'd be annoyed if I owned Costa

          2. Jay_
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Sums him up perfectly FPL wise

            • In Bale We Trust
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              SHould have been sent off. Consider yourself lucky.

              1. Greenbackbøøg…
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                I don't own him for the record 🙂

            • Camp No No
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              And avoided an obvious red card. In other words, the usual Costa match.

          3. In Bale We Trust
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            8th year playing FPL and this is the first time I've ever had a strong GW1. 69...could have been more but could also have been far worse.

            1. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Nice one Christian 😉

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

              Yep about the same amount of years and about the same score ...and also feeling happy to get off to a decent start 🙂

            3. czechmade
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              My 9th season , only got 39 points - disaster...

          4. sinik
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            anyone heard from SmartyPants and when FPLDisc will be up and running?

            1. Jay_
                9 years, 7 months ago

                It's up 🙂

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

                  woo! looks like it went up yesterday, I only checked Saturday

              • Lord Flashheart
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                It had the gw selections

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

              ive got to play 3...

              Valencia, Terry, Stones, Friend, Amat

              1. dunas_dog
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Valencia Stones Terry

              2. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                The strongest 3 regardless of fixtures

            3. Johnny Drama
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              What's your thought about today's game? Some players who deserves my attention?

            4. Exilizer
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Does anyone know if I can see the sun dream team player scores for all players somewhere?

              1. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 16 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                No filters?

            5. Leaf
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Who to play this week

              Redmond (mun)
              Amat (HUL)
              Bojan (MCI)

              or transfer Bojan to Bolassie , Fegouli and play them

              ???

              1. Jøssy ⭐
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Redmond

              2. Camp No No
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                I you can play both Bolassie and Feghouli in Bojan's place, that's obviously two players and could easily be worth it.

            6. Jøssy ⭐
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Play one...

              A) Friend (sun)
              B) Stones (stk)
              C) Evans (EVE)

              Likely to play Foster over Heaton.

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

                Stkmes

              2. papabouba
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Stones*

                1. Jøssy ⭐
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 7 months ago

                  Thanks mate

              3. TorresMagic™
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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                • 16 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                B can hurt you the most.

                1. Jøssy ⭐
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 7 months ago

                  Great point on the ownership

              4. Rhinos
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Stones

                1. Jøssy ⭐
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 7 months ago

                  Cheers Rhino!

            7. Stats Don\'t Lie
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Toughest decision ahead of next week, Captain:

              A) Aguero
              B) Lamela
              C) Hazard
              D) Firmino

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

                A

              2. Jøssy ⭐
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                C or A

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

                I wouldn't captain Lamela personally.

              4. Rhinos
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                I'm going Mane so Firmino

              5. MrMaverick
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                kane

              6. papabouba
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                E) Ibra

            8. Rhinos
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Play
              Redmond (man u)
              or
              Evans (Everton)

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

                Red

              1. Jay_
                  9 years, 7 months ago

                  Cheers 🙂

                • papabouba
                  • 10 Years
                  9 years, 7 months ago

                  Nice

              2. Mickey Tyrion™
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Are those with Amat starting this week?

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

                  Think so yes

              3. _Jane
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Should I replace Ayew or wait ?

                thx guys

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

                  Wait

              4. Ally - Killie Til I Die
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                How did Alli play? Worth keeping?

              5. cricketmad787
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                71 points here. Midfield of Hazard, Martial, Lamela and Redmond scored 40 of those points! 27 on the bench though so could've been even better.