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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, 11 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, 11 months ago

      Valencia

    2. Rich_20
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      A

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

      A easy

    4. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      c

    5. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Play your strongest XI

      1. FPL Blow-In
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers captain obvious 😉

    6. FPL Blow-In
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

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

  2. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Good night everyone, off to bed.

  3. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard sky motm

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

      Deserved

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

      More points for me (and everyone)

  4. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Is Lukaku on penalties for Everton? :mrgreen:

    1. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Yep

      1. RᴀᴄɪɴɢTᴏᴀᴅ
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

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

      2. Epic Fail
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Source?

        1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 11 months ago

          BBQ

  5. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

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

    1. Alan The Llama
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Well done Ro-Land

      1. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Ta La-ma

  6. Kante Be Bothered
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Mkhitaryan to who?

    1. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 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
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Who is the better pick out of Martial or Payet?

  7. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

      Ramirez

    2. Knowledgeable meerkat
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      A out of those for me

      1. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        You seem knowledgeable thanks

    3. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Take it you have Redmond so A. Gaston

      1. Lord Flashheart
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

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

  8. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    WBA kept the only clean sheet this Gw

    Foster essential 😉

    1. The Gambler.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Swansea say hi

      1. Still Unsure
        9 years, 11 months ago

      2. Knowledgeable meerkat
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

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

    2. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Was never in doubt

    3. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

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

  9. Mickey Tyrion™
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 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
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Stick with whatever the plan was.

      1. Mickey Tyrion™
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Cheers. Was my gut instinct

  10. Jay_
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Costa shouldn't have been on the pitch

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

    1. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Ooooh!

    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Nothing in it.

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

      😀

      1. Jay_
        9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

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

    3. Exilizer
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Clean as a whistle.

    4. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Ouch. What a silly bunt.

    5. MrMaverick
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      should have been off

  11. TorresMagic™
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    • 17 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Baps added if not posted.

    1. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Cheers TM.

    2. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Nice 1 TM!

  12. creaky24
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

      Knock

  13. dashdriver
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

      Save your FT

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

        Thanks

  14. skatestorer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 11 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
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Shouldn't have him really, get rid for sure

    2. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Yes.

    3. papabouba
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Panic. Run. Hide

  15. ANDREAS
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 11 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™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Forward line looks the main issue.

      1. ANDREAS
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

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

    2. papabouba
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Too much spend on defence and GKs

      1. ANDREAS
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        what do u thnk about mid and forward?

  16. Greenbackbøøg…
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Costa 0 bonus, only 5 points for game winning goal

    1. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      You seem surprised.

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

      Sums him up perfectly FPL wise

    3. In Bale We Trust
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      SHould have been sent off. Consider yourself lucky.

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

        I don't own him for the record 🙂

    4. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

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

  17. In Bale We Trust
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 11 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
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Nice one Christian 😉

    2. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

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

  18. sinik
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

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

    1. Jay_
      9 years, 11 months ago

      It's up 🙂

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

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

    2. Lord Flashheart
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      It had the gw selections

  19. FISSH
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    ive got to play 3...

    Valencia, Terry, Stones, Friend, Amat

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

      Valencia Stones Terry

    2. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      The strongest 3 regardless of fixtures

  20. Johnny Drama
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

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

  21. Exilizer
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

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

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      No filters?

  22. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

      Redmond

    2. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 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.

  23. Jøssy ⭐
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 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, 11 months ago

      Stkmes

    2. papabouba
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Stones*

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

        Thanks mate

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      B can hurt you the most.

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

        Great point on the ownership

    4. Rhinos
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Stones

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

        Cheers Rhino!

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

    Toughest decision ahead of next week, Captain:

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

    1. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      A

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

      C or A

    3. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      I wouldn't captain Lamela personally.

    4. Rhinos
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      I'm going Mane so Firmino

    5. MrMaverick
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      kane

    6. papabouba
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      E) Ibra

  25. Rhinos
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Play
    Redmond (man u)
    or
    Evans (Everton)

    1. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Red

    1. Jay_
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Cheers 🙂

    2. papabouba
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Nice

  26. Mickey Tyrion™
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Are those with Amat starting this week?

    1. Mavric Marco
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Think so yes

  27. _Jane
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Should I replace Ayew or wait ?

    thx guys

    1. papabouba
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Wait

  28. Ally - Killie Til I Die
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    How did Alli play? Worth keeping?

  29. cricketmad787
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 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.