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27 August 2016 4413 comments
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Hull City and Manchester United conclude the day’s events with a top of the table clash at the KCOM stadium.

Against the odds, both teams go into the tea-time kick-off having won both their opening matches, with Tigers boss Mike Phelan working miracles with a threadbare squad.

Not surprisingly, both Hull and United are unchanged. Whilst that could be down to very limited options in Phelan’s case, Jose Mourinho chooses to keep his winning side intact, with Chris Smalling and Henrikh Mkhitaryan again named on the bench.

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

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  1. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    LVG is back

  2. Jay_
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hazard got 3 baps btw

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

      Beautiful 🙂

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

    Why is there not mass hysteria over Baines being back on pens, keeping a clean sheet and costing 5.5 with amazing fixtures?

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

      He might lose them now.

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Well it went in

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

          This.

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

        He shot it well. Doubt he looses it over that today

      3. Viper
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        It was a good penalty though, right in the corner. It can happen.

        Different case than if he sent it into orbit

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

      Because he missed it 😉

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

      Shhhhh, miss pen will help keep him under the radar for another week or so 🙂

    4. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Because most of us own Williams so it will take a WC or more than a couple of transfers to get him in.

    5. Viper
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      People afraid he might lose them as a result of the miss

      (Not me).

      The clean sheets & assist potential should be enough, never mind pens 🙂

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Because it's just their first clean sheet? And they barely won this 'easy' fixture

        1. Viper
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 11 months ago

          They can't do any worse than last season.

          Koeman loves a clean sheet too

    6. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Barkley lost pens after one miss, so maybe the same will happen with Baines. It's a strange one though, because it still went in, kinda.

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        I think all is forgotten about because it ended up a goal

        1. Nabs Kebabs
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 11 months ago

          This.

        2. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 11 months ago

          Yeah, maybe. If he's confirmed on pens he's straight in.

    7. Esraj
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Koeman was a set-piece taking defender. He loves goal-scoring defenders. Fetched Van Dijk from Celtic.

  4. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    60% possession full of absolutely nothing.

    1. devils advocate
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      That's a bit harsh.

      United have carved out a few chances but just haven't finished them.

      Patience my friend. 😉

      1. HellasLEAF
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        I'd hardly call any of them quality chances. Hull have held firm

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

      so much for 1 chance 1 goal.

  5. Rains of Castamere
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone mustered a decent WC team with Haz, Sanchez, Ibra and Kun?

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

      That's going to be tough

      1. HellasLEAF
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Diomande...

        it's possible gents.

    2. Oliver Tockman
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      why Sanchez when you can Ozil?

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

      Not wildcard but considering...

      Foster (Jaku)
      Shaw Stones (Friend/Soare/Amat)
      Sanchez Hazard Redmond Fer (Capoue)
      Kun Ibra Negredo

    4. devils advocate
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Yes I think I actually have.

      I've actually managed to do it without too much interruption to my current team, however it does involve selling Lamela for another mid 6mil or lower and I'm struggling to pick someone reliable.

      Any suggestions?

      Mids would be:

      Sanchez, Hazard, Redmond, Capoue, and X?

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

        Bolasie? Who would you're 3rd striker be?

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

      Diomande is the enabler.

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

      Yes
      4.5 4.0

      4.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.0

      Sanchez Hazard Redmond Capoue Coutinho

      Ibra Aguero Gray

    7. Rains of Castamere
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Best I can do...

      Jaku Pickford
      Williams McAuley Collins Souare Amat
      Hazard Sanchez Barkley King Capoue
      Ibra Kun Hernandez

    8. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      My current team non-wc
      Foster Jak
      Shaw Stones McAuley Friend Amat
      Sanchez Hazard Tadic Ramirez Capoue
      Kun Ibra Diomande.

      1. blue book
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        It's just possible you already have the template team for GW4 wildcarders.

  6. twoplustwo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Does Santi C generally play forward enough to make the 2m discount to Ozil worth it?

    1. Viper
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Nah, not worth it. Unless we get a ridiculous run of penalty decisions

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

        Thanks a lot, just what I was looking for pal

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

      Think Fabregas in his first season at Chelsea.

      Playing deeper but has the quality to pick a pass from anywhere and on most set pieces. Obviously he also has pens which Fab didn't at the time.

      Should tick over nicely with regular assists if he's nailed on, and that's on top of pens, but he can also hit the target from long range which Fab didn't do too often during his time at CHE.

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

    WC potentials...

    Baines & Puncheon or Willaims & Bolasie? (No other Palace / Everton attacking coverage)... Is Baines on pens worth it?

  8. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Not being knee jerky but I was thinking yesterday how to fit in Sanchez once he's firing, and between Kun, Hazard and Ibra it wasn't a tough choice. #justsayin

    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Wasn't Sanchez up front? Won't the way Arsenal play change when Giroud returns?

      1. Defcons are for Kinnear
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        Good point. Nothing imminent. Just planning ahead

    2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Of the "big 4" sanchez is the one i can without. Why? I hear you ask. Well i'll tell you. Penalties. He doesn't take them.

  9. TheBusDriver
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Don't have Aguero so Ibra blanking is not an option. Please score.

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

      Don't listen to him Ibra I captained Aguero please blank .

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

      Who instead of Kun?

  10. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Valencia's average position is ridiculous

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

      He is absolutely quality since the move to full back, great to watch

    2. Oliver Tockman
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      like the old days as a winger

  11. Energetics
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    A. Ozil to Tadic
    B. Tadic and Stones to Ozil and Baines
    C. Tadic and Redmond to Sanchez and Fer

  12. MisterMaster
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Payet to Sanchez

    now or before the deadline?

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

      Sanchez has 2 games before deadline.

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

      I think people may struggle to knee jerk him in which should hold price down

  13. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Snodgrass down again

    1. HellasLEAF
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      what a shame, was looking to put him in my WC team (if I WC).

      poor Snodd can't stay healthy

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

    Snoddy in trouble.

  15. Silva’s Left Nut
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Anyone see how Bolasie played today?

  16. French Gooner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    snodgrass injured

  17. ryacoo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Okay, early WC thoughts:

    Foster, Pickford/Jakup
    Valencia, Baines, Stones, Reid, Amat
    Hazard, Ozil, Redmond, Lamela, _____
    Aguero, _____, Diomande

    A) Capoue + Zlatan - would mean playing 4-4-2 or playing Diomande.
    B) Antonio + Lukaku - huge risk to go without Ibra & Antonio may go back to RB at some point

    Any ideas for way to improve it? Cheers lads!

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

      Cheaper defense
      Ibra

  18. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Snodglass

  19. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    El Snoddo 🙁

  20. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Snodgrass dead. Hull in trouble now you'd have to think.

  21. KingNidge
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Snodgrass is done

  22. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Williams doesn't seem to be the same baps beast at Everton. Early days though. Jagielka bossed it for Everton again.

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      A 1-0 victory and no baps for Williams is truly unheard of

      1. Granville
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 11 months ago

        And no YC for Costa. A very odd day

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

      If Baines didn't miss the pen he would of had 1.

  23. Clump
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Aw. Poor Snodgrass 🙁

  24. crazyasianac
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Just done Firmino and Barkley to Sanchez and Fer for a -4. Quite a knee jerk trade, but an inform alexis is best alexis

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Yikes

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

      Have a peak at Fer's next 5 games. Hope he's not needed!

    3. owls on the up
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Not sure I like that

    4. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Pointless. If Sanchez gets injured or rested after international duty you'll be kicking your self.

      -4 on a low scoring game week.....

  25. Total Foot 5
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    5.5 mid so much for the snod move...

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

      5.6

  26. ⚽️ Dingo ⚽️
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Snod off

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

    it's so rainy

  28. Neonoryx
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    What's the consensus on Redmond, worth keeping?

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

      I think he deserves the Swansea home game! Then its see how Bolasie has fit in for me or if any other 6m options have arisen.

    2. owls on the up
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      Not sure how he did today but I'm tempted to drop for ramirez if he does well tomorrow!

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

        I was considering the same.

  29. Duffington_Steel
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    Saints were awful today.. think they may get relegated.

  30. Viper
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 11 months ago

    This is my current side with the 4 big hitters. Doesn't look too bad until someone in the 7.5 - 8.5 region starts firing (Not a WC team)

    Valdes Jako

    Baines Shaw McAuley Stones Kone

    Sanchez Hazard Redmond Gaston Capoue

    Aguero Ibra Diomande

    1. The Donald
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 11 months ago

      having that many big hitters isn't a good use of funds, sanchez isn't worth 11 if you aren't captaining him