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The London Stadium hosts the final match of Gameweek 2 as West Ham attempt to settle in their plush new home.

Slaven Bilic’s side host a Bournemouth outfit who claimed a 4-3 victory in the same fixture just over a year ago, via a Callum Wilson hat-trick.

Looking at the West Ham teamsheet, Eddie Howe’s men will fancy their chances again.

The Hammers head into this encounter without both Andy Carroll and Dimitri Payet – the latter “felt something” after his appearance at Chelsea on Monday night, whilst Carroll has sustained a knee injury which will keep him out for a number of weeks according to Slaven Bilic.

As for the Cherries, they appear to have changed shape and seem to be going on the attack: Howe has introduced Ryan Fraser on the flank, with Lewis Cook dropping out.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

  1. A-S-H
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Best one week 6.5 punt? (upfront)

    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Long

      1. Respect My Authoritah
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Sunderland's defensive injuries are endless. Rodwell was CB today

    2. Frank Black
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Rondòn.

    3. Rich_20
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Rondon

    4. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Rondon

    5. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      I'm leaning towards Rondon myself.

      1. A-S-H
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Boro at Home does look good

  2. WVA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    What do you guys think of,

    Mahrez > Pogba
    Coutinho > Nolito

    Current team is,

    Foster
    Stones Friend Amat Morgan Len
    Mahrez Haz Cout Redmond Fletch
    Ibra Kun Gray

    Manchester teams looking good, worried bout Leicester.

    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Hold fire. Keep Mahrez.

      Coutinho to Tadic

  3. The Generalator
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Eriksen to Barkley
    And
    Hernandez to the Beast?

  4. Rainer
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 6 months ago

    Bottomed

    Quick silly question to gauge rivals transfers / WCs... Does 'value' that can be seen on the 'game week history' page include money in the bank?

    1. MTPockets
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Yes I think so

        1. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Cheers!

    2. zalar88
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      hey guys.need help. I have 2Ft... and 0.5itb. what would you do? spend my 2ft and witch one? or go wildcard maybe?

      heaton, foster
      stones,valencia,friend,amat,kone
      hazard,tadic,lamela, firmino,capoue
      kun, vardy,gray

      I m thinking : firmino/barkley
      vardy/ibra
      heaton or foster/ jaku (-4)
      what do you think?

      1. spiritof82
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Do all of them except the keeper transfer.

    3. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      evening all..........i love it when a keeper rotation goes completely opposite to the fixtures................ heaton/foster working out so well ...........missed out on 14 points 😡

      1. BbBb
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        I prefer having 1 main keeper but can still work out badly. I started Foster over Jaku this weekend and missed out on 5 pts

      2. Respect My Authoritah
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Very annoying for owners (not me).

        Personally would recommend Heaton as a sole keeper season long. But Foster OK to keep until gw7

        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          both performing well really, just not in the fixtures i expected lol

      3. Gaz Downright
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        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        you rotate them wrongly shoe 😉

        1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          as ever

      4. 1justlookin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        me too. for my WC I think I might just stick with either Foster / Heaton then just get a 4.0 option to stay on the bench.

      5. fiveyears
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        It'll work out eventually, at the moment its difficult determining which fixtures are tough or not.

        I benched Foster last week, Heaton this

        1. AllGonePozzo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Did the same and benched Vapour both weeks. Fortunately for me Auto Sub Capoue for Kone this week.

          1. AllGonePozzo
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Capoue not Vapour

    4. paza12
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Firmino to Barkely? Have 8.5 to spend on a midfielder. Cheers.

      1. Rich_20
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Most doing that. Im sticking however.

      2. AllGonePozzo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Did that but as much to do with getting Ibrahimovic in for a hit.

    5. BbBb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 6 months ago

      Foster,
      Valencia, Stones, Friend
      Hazard, Mane, Redmond, Lamela
      Kun, Ibra, Negredo

      Jaku, Capoue, Evans, Nsue

      1FT - 0.0ITB

      I'm pretty happy with my team but am thinking I need to make some tweaks to my defence.
      Stones' fixtures are starting to tighten and Nsue came off today and was replaced by Ayala. The common thinking is that the defence Boro finished with (no Nsue) will be their preferred back four going forward.
      I'd like to get a defender from Arsenal, West Ham or Everton due to their good fixtures so have several options at the moment.
      I'll very likely hold off until after GW 3 to make any changes (will be nice to have 2 FT over the international break) but which of the below would you prefer at this stage and why?

      1- Get rid of Stones
      2- Get rid of Nsue
      3- Get Rid of both

      A- Get in Holgate (if he nails down a spot for Eve)
      B- Get in Holding (if Arse don't sign a new CB and he keeps his place)
      C- Get in Collins (if he keeps his place)

      1. spiritof82
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Get rid of Nsue, if you make any transfers at all (your squad is very good). However, for all three options, none are completely nailed on - you need more evidence/games to gather information. So be patient for now OR consider another nailed-on 4.5 such as Mee or Wollscheid.

        1. BbBb
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          thanks, I'm saving this week... will be my transfer(s) pre GW 4 so I'll have a bit more info to go on

    6. MTPockets
        9 years, 6 months ago

        With ref to other transfer plans, what's the logic of switching deulofeu to another rotation risk in mirallas/bolasie?

      • timski8000
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Does anyone know ibra's conversion rate? From watching the game it looks insanely high?

        Might be asking a bit much but a comparison with his historic conversion rate would be useful too - I'd imagine he is over performing by his own standards at the minute.

        1. BbBb
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          There was talk about this on last week's scoutcast - obviously for GW1 only but might be worth a watch.
          You were right though, at that time they concluded he can't sustain the conversion rate

          1. BbBb
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            pretty sure they'll all be trying to get him into their teams now though

      • Gaz Downright
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        • 15 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        Who would you downgrade (and yo whom, if you like)

        Tadic
        Firminho
        C Wilson

        1. Gaz Downright
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          • 15 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          *to whom

        2. timski8000
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          How much do you need to claw back?

          1. Gaz Downright
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            • 15 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            pardon?

            1. timski8000
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              If you are looking to downgrade - how much money do you need to save by doing it.

              1. Gaz Downright
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 6 months ago

                need to recover 0.1

      • Vlekz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        I took a hit this week( while building my team for gw 3). Now I wanna activate my wildcard. I won't lose points bcuz of the hit right?

        1. Gaz Downright
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          no, you wont lose pts

          1. Vlekz
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Thanks

      • 1justlookin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 6 months ago

        anyone looking at getting in Bolasie? Looks like the best 6.0 mill option, no?

        1. Cecil The Lion
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Has he ever been good, fantasy-wise?

          1. 1justlookin
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            not sure but I need to get someone 6.2 or below instead of hazard to fund the Ibra move

        2. A-S-H
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          what to see if hes nailed with kaku in the team first.

        3. MTPockets
            9 years, 6 months ago

            I don't get the appeal of eve rotation risks. I'm trying to lose one (deulofeu).

        4. The Generalator
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Is Hernandez to Negredo too sideways ?

          1. owls on the up
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Depends if u have 2 fts and nothing else to use them on

        5. jimbobmij
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Josh King nailed do we think?

          1. Respect My Authoritah
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Nope

        6. Cecil The Lion
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Anyone confident of Benteke starting next week?

          1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            wait for midweek, I think I read a report saying pardew would test him in the cup to see how he looks

          2. Respect My Authoritah
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Palace play on Tuesday. Wait and see until then

          3. timski8000
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Confident but not enough to do it myself can you wait for the pressers?

          4. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            They have a cup game Tues, should be much clearer after that

            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              If he gets 60 uninsured mins on Tuesday he is nailed on for the weekend

              1. Cecil The Lion
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 6 months ago

                Cheers. Sounds good. I see you're pretty set on him?

              2. The Bandit
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 6 months ago

                *uninjured

          5. Cecil The Lion
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            The waiting is the problem. I have to sell Kane to get Hazard in and he's going up tonight.

            1. The Bandit
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              Take the punt then

              1. Cecil The Lion
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 6 months ago

                Cheers 🙂

          6. Cecil The Lion
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Thanks for your responses, everyone.

        7. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          captain gonna be tough next week

          Haz (BUR)
          Aguero (WHU)

          hmmmmm

          1. A-S-H
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            aguero

          2. Respect My Authoritah
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Aguero

            Hazard a great option undoubtedly but still, Aguero (always)

            1. Colonel Shoe 肝池
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              bands on him.....but i do like haz at home

        8. Beautiful Game
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Evening guys!! How is Townsend, Ramirez and Redmond shaping up?
          Need some help in transfer...
          1. Townsend have good fixtures plus Benteke
          2. Ramirez a cheap option with good run.
          3. Redmond??

        9. owls on the up
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Little help plz ppl
          A- nolito & negredo in for Carroll & firminio

          B- lukaku & mirallas in for Carroll & firminio

          C- rondon in for Carroll and keep firminio

          D- negredo in for Carroll and keep firminio

          E- get rid of both Carroll and firminio for someone else

          1. Rich_20
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            C

        10. Hurricane Gilbert
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Who is the most attacking full-back in PL according to you? I would say PvA

          1. A-S-H
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            pva just lacks clean sheets pts 🙁

            1. A-S-H
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              but agree. pva defo

          2. Respect My Authoritah
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Moreno. PVA also very high

            Other contenders: Valencia, Coleman, Bellerin, Rose, Walker, . There's loads

        11. Karan_G14
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Appreciate your thoughts on this one :

          A) Stuani + 2m
          B) Negredo

        12. Ghost86
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Valdes
          Stones Valencia friend Amat love
          Hazard firmino Alli Redmond capoue
          Ibra kun gray

          OFT
          keep Alli and firmino?
          Ditch Alli and take -4 hit?
          Will 0.1 make a huge difference

        13. jimbobmij
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Who scores more over the next few weeks

          A) Ibra and Januzaj

          B) Benteke and Mahrez

          1. Respect My Authoritah
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            A

          2. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Ibra-ssential

        14. Lord Flashheart
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          If money is no issue, would you have Barkley or bolasie?

          1. A-S-H
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            bark

          2. KingNidge
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Barks all day long

          3. Smurf
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Barkely everyday of the week.

          4. Respect My Authoritah
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Barkley by miles. And I hate Barkley

          5. Lord Flashheart
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Cheers

        15. Hy liverpool
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Vardy→costa or lukaku worth -4 or wait after Swansea ??

          1. Cecil The Lion
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Wait

          2. Pariße
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            I don't think it's worth a hit, but he seems to have lost some of the confidence in finishing compared to tha last season.

          3. timski8000
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Massive wait. Vardy a captain option this week for me.

        16. Smurf
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          So frustrating that Barkley has risen. I only have 7.5m and really really want him.

          Mirallas worth a punt or too unsafe with Bolasie and Lukaku?

        17. Pariße
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Anyone playing La Liga fantasy?

          1. Rainer
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            No but I've always wondered about how much Messi, Ronaldo and the other big ones are?

            1. Pariße
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              Exactly. Must be pretty easy to choose players, but hard to fit in.

        18. cheese XL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Advice please.

          Foster, Jaku

          Valencia, Stones, Friend, Kone, Amat

          Hazard, Firmino, Townsend, Redmond, Capoue

          Kun, Ibra, Gray

          1ft

          1.5m burning a hole in my pocket.
          Planning on wildcarding gw 6ish

        19. Colonel Shoe 肝池
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          is that kone to everton transfer still on?

          1. Team Zissou
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Not sure, hoping for news on that myself..

        20. Van der Faart
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 6 months ago

          Not sure if it's been posted or not, but does anyone know LMS safety score?

          1. KingNidge
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            48

            1. Van der Faart
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 6 months ago

              Thanks

              1. KingNidge
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 6 months ago

                No worries mate

          2. Hurricane Gilbert
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 6 months ago

            Phew, 56 will be enough then?