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20 August 2016 2706 comments
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Next up this Saturday, there are five 3pm kick-offs to keep us entertained.

Burnley welcome Liverpool to Turf Moor as Philippe Coutinho looks to add to the two-goal haul that earned him in excess of 400,000 Fantasy Premier League transfers in last week. Sadio Mane misses out for the Merseysiders with a shoulder problem, allowing Daniel Sturridge to return to the XI. James Milner comes in for Alberto Moreno at left-back.

Swansea host Hull at the Liberty, with both sides hoping to build on Gameweek 1 victories. This one looks like being a battle of the dead-ball specialists – Gylfi Sigurdsson returns to the Swans’ XI, though the Tigers have a form playmaker of their own, after Robert Snodgrass fired home the winner against Leicester last Saturday lunchtime.

Harry Kane owners will be anxiously hoping he can banish his poor run of form without Mousa Dembele in the Spurs XI as Palace roll up to the Lane. Those holding Dele Alli have been dealt a bitter blow after he dropped to the bench to accomomodate new boy Vincent Jansssen.

Chelsea’s trip to Vicarage Road give Eden Hazard another opportunity to stake a claim for a place in our squads. With spot-kick duties back on side, another strong showing against Watford could make the Belgian irresistible. Willian misses out with a calf complaint for the Blues, allowing Pedro to start on the right.

At the Hawthorns, Tony Pulis has rolled out an unchanged XI for the visit of Everton. Ronald Koeman has named new boys Ashley Williams and Yannick Bolasie on the bench, with Romelu Lukaku also amongst the subs after shrugging off a heel problem.

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

    Aguero and Gray get in you beauties!! One in the eye for the knee jerkers last night

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

      Same, with Zlatan 🙂

    2. bojack
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I stayed faithful to Gray after my Wilson hattrick mistake last year. Paid off handsomely 🙂

  2. Moin
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Frustrated Deulofeu Owner

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

      yup

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

      Sold yesterday

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

        I will do my transfers this week...

    3. Kvelertak
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Same. Probably subbing him out with one of two FT

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

      Be coming off soon for Bolasie.

    5. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Aye.

    6. Eden Azzzar
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      He's a real Llama head

  3. Messiah Hazard
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hazard (c) fail :'(

    1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Half time

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

      he on 2 bonus as it stands

  4. Sz21
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Amat is on for 3 bonus!
    One bright spark for now..

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Let's hope it stays that way!

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Incoming Hull goal and Amat YC

    3. Tatty Bojangles
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Well thats that jinxed now 🙂

      1. v12w12
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Lol

    4. v12w12
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Nice 1

    5. Areid13
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      long way to go not getting my hopes up yet

  5. villian-ty
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    So stuck for next week with 2 FT

    Foster (Jaku)
    Stones Shaw Friend (Amat, Pieters)
    Capoue Hazard Lamela Redmond Mahrez
    Ibra Agueo (Gray)

    Any ideas????

    1. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Stones out maybe. City haven't kept a CS till now

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

      My team is very similar, only 3 different players.
      No idea what you should do, or me, for that matter.

    3. raff97
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Id wait for West Ham, Leicester and Arsenal to play, then bring in Ozil or Payet if they play well and Mahrez plays bad. Carry the other transfer.

      But what a team! thats the like best possible team at this stage in the game

    4. Tatty Bojangles
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      No pressing issues for you.

      Possibly just downgrade a defender to Love (SUN) to free up £0.5m so not to waste the FT?

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

    looks like a high scoring week all round

  7. sully29
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Series of 1 pointers in my midfield.

  8. fitzy
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Got laughed at on here for having Barkley GW1.

    Hahahahahaha

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

      Well done you

    2. The Finnisher
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      And you were dismissing Gray as a "pre-season fail"

      This games fun.

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

      well done Fitzy

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

      Now you can lol @ the lols

    5. FPL Maldini
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Do you own Gray?

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

      Still laughing at you

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

      It''s nice to see that I'm not the only one who believed in him. Well done!

  9. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea players better start diving around in the penalty box. Looks like the only chance of some has attacking pts

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

      😆

    2. Assisting you all day
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I got Ivanovic think hes got a decent chance of getting a goal. Tends to score early on in seasons (apart from last year)

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

    Mark was right pre-season on Firmino.

    We didn't take fixtures into account and the whole FFS community herded toward him and there was no way going back.

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

      They scored 4 vs Arsenal! That's more bad luck than anything else.

      1. Acquafresca
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I know. But Liverpool so inconsistent... losing 2-0 to Burnely after beating Arsenal.

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

      I wasn't really bothered about the fixtures. I knew he'd be up front so expected at least something.

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

      what?

    4. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Don't get hung up on these HoFers.

      They are not all-knowing. And Pool scored 4. Could easily have been a brace for Firmino there.

    5. dcarlito
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I wouldn't say the whole of the community 😉

    6. Del Griffith
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Still 45 minutes left but Firmino to Barkley is an easy switch if Firmino blanks again

    7. Paganoi
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Not exactly the whole community. I had no plans to get any Pool until the fixtures cleared up.

  11. KING_ZLATAN
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    why is cabaye still being benched? fitness? not nailed?

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I think fitness

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

      France played in finals of Euros so prob came back late pre-season

    3. Tatty Bojangles
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      French

  12. Thomas Magnum
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Bottomed:
    How's Baines looking

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

      Bad

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

    Has Hazard done anything first half? Just got home so missed the first half action

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Yes, he did a nice disappearing trick

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

      1 free on target but weak

  14. pjomara
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Is Gray on pens?

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

      You betcha

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

        Shares them with Vokes apparently.

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

      100% nailed on them

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

      Yes

  15. super zlatan
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Andre gray. I love you.

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

      This.

      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        That

  16. Eden Azzzar
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Did Barks score again

    1. Assisting you all day
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      assisted mirrallas

      1. Eden Azzzar
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Decent

    2. EmreCan Hustle
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Assist

  17. trequartista
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Know it really doesn't matter at this stage but Amat is on for 3 BPS!

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Please don't get my hopes up

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

      Currently 7 clean sheets too.

  18. fiveyears
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Eriksen done much for Spurs? Nowhere to be seen on the old BPS in either game!

    Liverpool's defence is putting me off the idea of getting him out for Barkley next week though 😉

    1. sully29
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Aye, want to sell but that defence is something else...

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

        Toyed with the idea of using my 2FTs to get Lamela and Barkley in, but alas its not easy

  19. A Team Of James McCleans
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Just remember they cant play liverpool every week XD :b

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

      🙂

  20. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Is it madness to think of bringing in DDG or Courtois in for Foster at this early stage?

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

      utterly.
      Although 2 out of Valencia/Shaw/DDG seems reasonable

    2. Thomas Magnum
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Yes

    3. Tatty Bojangles
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Foster has great fixtures, plus you can play Jaku for the bad ones in 8,9,10 and 11.

    4. Henryyy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      yes

  21. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Leicester 2-0 Arsenal later - Mahrez & Vardy, just like old times!

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

      Would love that!

    2. Moin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Musa & Musa like new times

    3. Messiah Hazard
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Mahrez x 2. I'll take that.

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

      Arsenal beat Leicester in both matches last year.

      I still captained Mahrez, own Vardy though.

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

      Hmmm..

  22. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    I wonder what % of players own Aguero, Ibra and Gray?

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

      2-3%

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

      I have them all since gw1

    3. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I do 🙂

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

      From next week, probably 15%

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

      7%

    6. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      On here v high.

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

      Gray is owned by 10.5%, so that's the ceiling.

      Probably 2-5% overall own all 3, or something like that then.

    8. Godot - Fashanu Zealand
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Lovely. I feel for those that own none of them.

  23. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Oh god., Why did I went with Shame Long instead of Gray... 😕

    1. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      🙁

  24. Fischy
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    How is Kane playing? :S

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

      a bit deeper, had one decent effort from outside of the box, went wide

  25. Obi Wan Elokobi
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Crazy to do Bolasie and Payet to Capoue and Sanchez?

  26. Ady87
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Vardy & Mkhitaryan > Ibra & Barkley last night after the United match when I was pissed in Amsterdam. Could have done much more damage! I usually always activate a WC when I'm in that state!

  27. It’s gonna Ben Mee
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    After Lukaku and Pelle I think Barkley is the third most frustrating player I've owned. If I get him now I promise that he'll stops producing points.

    1. FPL Maldini
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Good run of fixtures.

      Annoying thing now he's the most nailed

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

      Coutinho should be on that list too

  28. super zlatan
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Who is worth keeping ?

    Stones or Morgan

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

      Stones

    2. Arceus
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Stones. City's series of cleanies are coming very soon.

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

      neither

  29. wolves_simmo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Has Kane had a shot yet?

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

    Burnley 2-0 up with 20% possession.......nicely done