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20 August 2016 3667 comments
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Saturday evening comes to a conclusion at the King Power as champions Leicester go head-to-head with Arsenal.

Both sides are already playing catch-up after losing their opening matches of the season.

Claudio Ranieri welcomes back Robert Huth from suspension after conceding twice to Hull last weekend. The Foxes boss also opts to recall Shinji Okazaki and Marc Albrighton as Ahmed Musa and Demarai Gray drop to the bench. New signing Nampalys Mendy comes in for Andy King in the centre of the park.

Arsenal, meanwhile, bring in Santi Cazorla, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Granit Xhaka and Laurent Koscielny as they attempt to bounce back from Sunday’s home loss to Liverpool. Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud are deemed fit enough to take their places on the bench.

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  1. Fowler23
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Leceister looks awful offensively,

  2. Bilbao Baggins
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I was sure Gray was on for 3 bonus. Now he looks like getting 1 at most? Do offensive tweets get you negative BPS?

    1. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Don't understand any of this either, a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win...

    2. Oooof
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Seems odd, but he hardly had a kick during the game.

      Not surprised to see Heaton and the defenders scoring highly.

    3. Bilbao Baggins
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Heaton and Capoue on my bench ha shocker

  3. Gilbo88
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Not sure how I feel about this game. I have Vardy so obviously want some points, but I've already sold him for Zlatan...

    1. Shifty
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      My guess is disposessions

      1. Shifty
        • 13 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Reply Fail

    2. RÏɠBY
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      if you buy manchester you go to hell
      everyone noes that

      1. RÏɠBY
        • 15 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        *the manure variety

    3. The UnderAcheivers
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      How does one goal and an injury sound

  4. Messsiaah
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    So Firmino to Barkley is a no brainer?

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Barkley ? Really ?

      1. Kante Be Bothered
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Who else?

        1. Podge
          • 15 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Caz Cout Pogba Nolito Walcott Sterling, anyone

      2. Messsiaah
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Have you seen their fixtures?

        1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
          • 12 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Form over fixtures

          1. Messsiaah
            • 11 Years
            10 years, 1 month ago

            Scored last match. Gave a assist today. What else do you want?

  5. Swan - Villa Proud
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Sell FIrmino and play Capoue, or Sell Deulofeu and give FIrmino one last chance.

    Leaning to the later as I feel Deulofeu may be benched.

    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Deu right out of my team

      1. Swan - Villa Proud
        • 11 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        What you reckon? I would have 8M to spend. Have Redmond so don't like Tadic double up. Sideways to Barkley or maybe Sterling? Arsenal mid?

        1. HellasLEAF
          • 17 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          why not Bojan and save funds for elsewhere

  6. Ayew Holding Mee Cork
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    I really can't see Leicester finish in the top 10 this season.

    1. Zlatan Time
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Everyone has worked out their tactics, and Kante is gone 🙂

    2. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      look again

    3. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What about Hull?

    4. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      the heart of their team has been ripped out.

      1. HellasLEAF
        • 17 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        see them somewhere 6th-9th myself

  7. walkman666
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    So, the Andre Gray story of the day...old, awful homophobic tweets and unjust baps. Bizarre FPL karma.

  8. Worzel Gummidge
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Tempted to drop Firmino to Pogba for a -4 for this Hull demolishing I and others keep saying is coming. N to interested at all in Barkley or Everton MIDS.

  9. Albrightondknight
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    After 2 games Hull only not on top due to goal difference. Fair play to the posters who said they could do a lot better than most assumed. I was not one of them.

  10. How Mina You
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    With regards to this Gray nonsense, those tweets were from FOUR years ago - Gray himself said that his move to Luton Town is what turned his life around and away from all of the gang-related incidents he was involved in.

    As disgusting as those tweets were, I'm pretty sure that he would be absolutely embarrassed if he were to look back on them.

    1. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Well he hasn't deleted them

      1. fiveyears
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        I believe he has/is.

    2. MTPockets
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Fortunate that social media wasn't around in the 70s, and 80s, and 90s...

  11. Gerbs
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    My team is doing alright so I feel like I'm being an idiot, but I feel like Capoue and Shaw should be in my squad

    Fletcher, Del, Mogan

    to

    Capoue, Bolasie, Shaw (-4)

    Am i crazy?

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      looks ok to me

    1. Worzel Gummidge
      10 years, 1 month ago

      This one isn't even bad. Are we just going to put stupid tweets from years ago up. I dont care what people say as they are free to say what they like.

    2. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      they are footballers.

      not exactly white collar intellectuals now are they

  12. Plagued by indecision
    • 16 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    80 all out. Firmino, Stones and Tadic look set for the chop.

    1. cruzex
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      With baps? Very good

      1. Plagued by indecision
        • 16 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Yes, 6 for Aguero and 1 for Gray.

    2. shirtless
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      70 here pre bonus. Smug at starting Keane but got the Heaton/Foster thing wrong again! 🙂

  13. RD
    • 15 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Loosing my Patience with Firmino

    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      did he at least perform today and get unlucky???

      two blanks for an 8.5 mid is just poor

      1. Yank Revolution
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Nope

  14. cruzex
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Coutinho performance today?

  15. HellasLEAF
    • 17 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Kun C owners must be loving this..

  16. Rogue Todd
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Gray owners: "His tweets are just banter"
    Non-Gray owners: "Burn the scum!"

    1. guardian.c
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      gray owner: homophobic hate speech is f**king disgusting

    2. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I own. Those tweets are awfu. Please don't generalize.

      1. Zasa
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Indeed, don't think there's any logical defending of those tweets.

    3. Shifty
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Lol

    4. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Kane owners: Lol

    5. FC LAVAMAN
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      He's not wrong

      1. Yank Revolution
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Shut it

  17. Ziro
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Santi nearly

  18. mattk lfc
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    FA has previous with footballers and offensive tweets. Huth was banned for two games last year and a Coventry player was banned for a game a tweet in June. Could be in trouble although the fact this happened in the past may save him

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36497590

    1. Essan
      • 14 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Does the FA have a time machine?

      This is just a troll attack on Gray by making public again comments he made years ago.

      Did you ever say anything as a kid you disagree with as an adult?

  19. Shifty
    • 13 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Leicester look very underwhelming

    Prob finish mid

    1. The Generalator
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Probs

  20. The Generalator
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Hernandez proving to be a good selection but worth keeping ?

  21. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Lukaku staying at Everton

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37145067

  22. MTPockets
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Is mirallas at all 'nailed'? Need to lose deulofeu.

    1. The Generalator
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not nailed

    2. Rainer
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Only nailed Everton mid is Barkley. Others will rotate & share minutes.

      1. Rainer
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Other than the mighty Gareth Barry...

    3. MTPockets
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Ok cheers

  23. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    It's quite shocking, I can't believe how little I care about this match

    1. The Wise Owl
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      I do, Arsenal is my team!

    2. bgkennedy19
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Agree, it's painful to watch....Lec is a shell of last year and I have no idea wtf Ars is doing

  24. asvpxmicky
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    who's wildcarding then?

    1. How Mina You
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Already done it

    2. Rolls-Royce
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Not me. Still don't know what to do with my 2FTs. lol

      1. Revival
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Same here, don't have Ibra but not sure it wise to sell Vardy when he has Swansea up at home next

    3. thepeen555
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Maybe me, only cause I think I might get a better scoring defence for example for less money - especially seeing as it's quite obvious u can't really predict results

  25. Gaffa914
    • 12 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    So with this gray news we getting rid?

    1. Laporte In A Storm
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yes. For Rondon.

    2. thepeen555
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What news?

      1. Gaffa914
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Homophobic twitter rants

    3. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      What news?

      1. Gaffa914
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        Homophobic twitter posts

        1. thepeen555
          • 10 Years
          10 years, 1 month ago

          Oh really from him?

    4. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yep, after we all never bought Vardy I think FFS can claim the moral highground.

  26. thepeen555
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Think this game will be a 0-0

  27. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Why the hell has Gray lost BAPS? He got a goal AND an assist!!!!

    Surely outdoes a Cleansheet

    1. FISSH
      • 13 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      because burnley were defending 80% of the game

    2. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, plenty of gray outrage on ffs today, for both his historical tweets and his current baps. Both bad.

      1. walkman666
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        But not equally bad! I hope the guy is more evolved

  28. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    As a Arsenal fan hoping for some Schmeichel save points before Arsenal grab a deserved late winner

  29. Zlatan Time
    • 10 Years
    10 years, 1 month ago

    Might try and transfer in Payet for Firmino if he performs tomorrow. Got 0.5 ITB, just need to find 0.5 more which could be a struggle...

    1. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      10 years, 1 month ago

      Thinking the same. I've got 1.0m itb, and will keep a close eye on Payet.

      1. Zlatan Time
        • 10 Years
        10 years, 1 month ago

        West Ham looked so much better just because he came on the pitch on Monday, and he is on free kicks 🙂