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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. La Roja
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Ighalo so close

  2. Worzel Gummidge
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Kone to WBA def for a -4 is on the cards. Love a def -4. Excites me.

      1. Woy of the Wovers
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        CS points are always exciting.

    • How Mina You
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Bojan's fixtures look so appealing...

    • SilkySkills
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Sturridge looks like he's lost some pace

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

        His witch-doctor told him to take it easy in the 1st half.

    • Liastro ⭐️
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      What's up with Alli?

    • Sponge-worthy
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Those who already ditched gray, are you bringing him back now?

      1. thepeen555
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Knee jerkers

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

        I am ditching him for Benteke anyway

    • thepeen555
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I'm glad tekkers finally moved anyone else thinking of getting him on board? It was my plan all along!

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

        Plenty.

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

        All ready have

        1. thepeen555
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Good man, who u dumping?

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

        Pretty much everyone I'd say

        1. thepeen555
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Think it would be silly not too

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

        See how he goes first.

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

        See how he gets on. He must be lacking match fitness.

        1. thepeen555
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah couple more gw yet before he getting up to it

      6. Kroosin'
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Just noticed he has dropped a 0.1 too. Nice 😀

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

          Get him because he's doing well not because of his history and he's cheap.

    • Smythe
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Looks like Lamela is going to take a lot of FKs from Eriksen potentially.

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

      Anyone watching Spurs Palace?

      How are Lamela and Townsend doing?

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Lemela not looking that dangerous but took a free kick. Townsend lacking accuracy

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

          Cheers mate!

          Hoping for a good Lamela game without any fpl points since I still have Alli for this week, already bought Lamela though

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

      McAuley + Gray. 😀

      Pulis FTW and thank you Gray for repaying my faith.

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

        Which 2 did you take out for Ibra? Vardy and who?

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

          Morgan

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

            Morgan > Evans? 😆

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

            Sucks that Alli has been dropped..

            I'm happy I took him out now.

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

              Yeah. I'll be getting rid of Alli for a hit as well. Preparing for Benteke in GW 4.

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

                Who you looking at as a potential replacement?

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

                  Depends how this weekend goes.

                  One of the Everton mids probably.

      2. Sponge-worthy
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I've those two also.

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

          😎

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

        Good start to the season I take it PoP?

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

          Decent.

          Need a Vardy goal tonight to make it good one.

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Come on Eriksen and Towsend.

    • Kitchen Sink
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Where is the notes section on FPL? Can't seem to find it

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

        Gone.

        1. Kitchen Sink
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          That's poor. It was pretty useful obviously.

    • Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Swansea & Liverpool goals coming...

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

      Looks like Eriksen will win the first man to be transfered out if my team award

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

        Prestige award

      2. KOLASINA(C)
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Yep, doing absolutely nothing.

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

      Ooo ivanovic nearly scored

    • The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Heaton is a good goalkeeper, maybe pool could use him?

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

        They could use a good goalkeeper, yeah. Doesn't matter which one.

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

        Karius has made some strides apparently, should be back soon.

    • Kingston
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Early season is all about following the right bandwagons. Coutinho was so obviously not a good one and neither will the likes of Bojan be.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        lol, still the first half..........

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

          I would have said the same before kick off

        2. Respect My Authoritah
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          He's right though

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            he scores and the whole perspective changes, its the first half, jeez.

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

              No it does not. This is the exact problem

      2. How Mina You
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Bojan's fixtures from GW5 are eye-watering... don't write him off yet.

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

          Fixtures are only relevant for good scoring fpl players. He has never been one

    • fusen
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I know it's a bad time to post this sort of thing, but if anyone is interested

      https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/leagues/standings/743987/classic is a league including Alan Shearer, Owen Hargreaves, Schmeichel, Phil Neville etc 😛

      Tempting to make public a page where you can search the entire FPL userbase by real name, team name or ID and it'll show their rank and total score. Going to eventually use it for league comparisons, like showing who was top 5 in the league over the season.

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

        Do it!

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

        Ha, good work Fusen...

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

        Good to see a league with all the presenters and watch on tv. Hope John Dykes wins since I met him such a nice guy

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

        That's the entire pundit team covering India.

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

          Did u have that Indian guy, Ryan gigs and some other guy on tv today

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

            Who?

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

            Townsend was the third guy. The team are broadcast worldwide....

      5. Francescoli
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        this is great

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

        Ha. Nice one

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

      How nailed on is Terry?

      1. some witty pun
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        only at the moment
        chelsea signing a defender and with zouma returning will see terry in rotation

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

          Cheers, thought he is more nailed on than Cahill.

      2. devils advocate
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Unknown.

        Could be under threat from Zouma, and CHE still chasing a highly rated Napoli defender.

        Should be ok short term at the least until Conte's preferred pairing is clearer.

    • piquiblanco
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I'd love for George Boyd to become an off-the-bench-gw-saver again. I'll bring him in if he just gives me a hint

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

        Was great at 4.5m but not worth 5.5m this season!

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

          Yeah, it's a bit too much.

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      While there's a lull, I really can't understand why we can't see the breakdown of a player's score. I don't see any reason why they should have removed that

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

        Click on the player and it tells you.

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

          Oh christ. Why did they take it away from the i button?

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

            They are idiots.

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

              And it gives you the option to 'View Information' on the score breakdown window, but not the option to go back. Terrible design.

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

        yeah the (i)nformation button was great.

    • Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Burnley look pretty solid defensively.

      Liverpool continue to struggle against "smaller" clubs away from home.

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

        Compared to what? Home performance? "Bigger" clubs? Other teams altogether?

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

          They usually turn up vs the big sides. They beat Arsenal, City, etc. last season, but struggled vs mid/bottom-table teams.

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

            They're usually like that, but I looked into some stats last season and this effect is not nearly as strong as I had initially suspected.

            And when it comes to home/away distinction they're one of the most indifferent teams in PL, as far as I know.

    • Zebrahimović
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      2ft Probably gonna do

      Townshend --> Redmond
      Gray --> Benteke

      Got the exact £, G2G?

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

        If Benteke starts.

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

        Kind of a sideways move.

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

          It is a bit. I definitely want to get rid of Townshend if he blanks this week though. So i'm guessing Redmond would be logical there?

    • Totally !rre!evant
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Scott Dann down

    • Bellerinmondo
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Full on Kunbratek next week or after int. break?

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

        Not GW3, maybe after ITB.

      2. JIM BOB
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Benteke could take a while to hit form

        Not kicked a ball in anger for a long time

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

      Think I'll hold on that Martial > Haz move for another week.

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

        RIP

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

          Need to take a hit to get him in. Not worth it as it stands.

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

        why what happened?

    • Ravager
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Firmino seems to be the least involved attacker for Pool. Hope that changes.

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

        if it doesnt change today, im getting rid

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

          Same here actually. It's annoying

    • JIM BOB
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Any chance of Ozil and Giroud featuring later?

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

        Ozil might. Wenger is desperate!

      2. Call Me Guybrush
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        They might well be on the bench. Won't start unless Wenger feels desperate.

    • La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Lukaku coming on

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

        Now?

        1. La Roja
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Yes now, no idea who is coming off

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

        Wtf

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

        Before HT? For who?

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

        Random

    • gauzah
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Thinking of shifting Eriksen if he doesn't perform today, anyone else thinking the same?

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

        Definitely.

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

          Heard Lamela is stealing his share of the set pieces so it kind of reduces his effectiveness.
          Likely that I will do Eriksen to Lamela if Lamela scores well today.

      2. some witty pun
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        same