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28 August 2016 3827 comments
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After a stilted stalemate at the Hawthorns, it’s fair to say that we’re looking forward to some fireworks from the tea-time kick-off.

Manchester City host West Ham United at the Etihad as they bid to keep pace with Manchester United and Chelsea and make it three wins from three.

Pep Guardiola makes two changes, introducing Gael Clichy at left-back for Aleks Kolarov and handing a start to Nolito at the expense of Jesus Navas.

The Hammers are again without Dimitri Payet, with his absence surely set to lead to another mass exodus in FPL terms.

Slaven Bilic has changed shape in a bid to repeat last season’s victory in Manchester, recalling Angelo Ogbonna to a three-man rearguard.

Former Manchester United starlet, Ashley Fletcher, makes his first Premier League start up front in a 3-5-2 setup. Sam Bryam drops to the bench, whilst Håvard Nordtveit misses out through injury. Manuel Lanzini is fit enough for the bench.

All eyes will be Sergio Aguero – he heads into this encounter backed with the captaincy by 32% of FPL managers, just 1% less than Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who stalled with a two-point return at Hull on Saturday.

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

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

    Falling behind fast. What do you reckon?

    A) Coutinho > Sterling
    B) Coutinho > Ozil
    C Coutinho + Negredo > Alexis + Stuani
    D) Coutinho + Lamela > Sterling + Walcott

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

    47 points... yes 4 7 ... 🙁 Damn it.

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

      38 (-4) Cmon, please

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

      I have 48, average is about 42 so it's ok

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

      Could have been worst. Only 38 here.

    4. AmeliesDad
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      And 39 here. Not good

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

      😀

  3. StalkingDwarf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Slightly annoyed that FPL doesn't have many players in the 8.0-8.5 range.

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

    Tadic -> Sterling now to beat the price rise? If either of them change in price, I'd have to do it for -4...

  5. internal error
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Chelsea fans on twitter saying that Kun will get away with elbow unlike Costa who is always punished

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

      People say a lot of things.

    2. Cocky Spaniel Alves
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Haha. Costa never gets banned.

    3. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Costa is protected by Ruskies Mafia

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

    Kun on for a 0.6m drop over next two weeks 😮

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

      Nope

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

        😯

    2. Kagawa-san-mia
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      can only drop .3

    3. Wild Card this!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      2 weeks or 2 GWs?

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

    I am keen on a scoutcast. Anytime soon ? 😀

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

      International break means a week off perhaps.

  8. Luca Toni
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Finally risk pays off after not captaining Ibra or Kun ....

    1. King Sheep
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Who did you captain?

      I did Vardy this week 🙂

      1. Luca Toni
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I took him out this week after seeing last week match and to avoid price drop.. Regretted it ..
        Captain was Haz..

    2. Banana Shaqiri - HMD, PUP
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Mahrez?

  9. jurgenklopp.8
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    if we wildcard now, how do we get kun back in?

    1. Tactical Nuke
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Ugh! My head hurts

    2. BananaNose Maldonado
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Don't spend all your money.

  10. Sid07
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    If aguero gets banned
    May wildcard even if I have 2ft

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

      Oh.

  11. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Don't transfer drunk

    Sterling and Coutinho to Pogba and Barkley -8 😎

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

      Haha that was not even a good one on paper 😀

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I was in love with Pogba after Soton and thought Cout was injured 😀

    2. StalkingDwarf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Can't blame you for those transfers tbh. Looks good on paper.

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

        😆 no they dont

        1. The Bandit
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          This

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

    Aguero and Gray both might get a ban, I have some real badass players in my team!

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

      No Lamela?

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

        Oh yea him too

    2. StalkingDwarf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Add Lamela to the list. The international break is a wonderful time.

      1. ★Kuntheman★
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Why Lamela?

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

      Time to bring in Costa!

  13. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Time to at least see what a potential WC team looks like.

  14. Judas
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Just need to get this out of the way..

    I did Eriksen ---> Sterling this week with my extra free transfer that I would have lost

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

      Brilliant

    2. FISSH
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Nice !

    3. Judas
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      cheers folks.

      very very happy.

  15. Tactical Nuke
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Rooney, Costa, Lukaka up front trio in 3-4-3, any good? Midfield looks awesome too.

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

      costa looks good but not the others

  16. Rodgers's CHARACTER
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    why people saying that aguero might be banned?

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

      He klobbered Reid's mug with his elbow

      1. Rodgers's CHARACTER
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        ohhh....

  17. Banana Shaqiri - HMD, PUP
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    That assist from Silva at the end may just have won me a 5er in my draft league.

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

    Was initially not that bothered about this potential Aguero ban, but more people will wildcard I reckon. Less of a TV rise if you planned on wildcarding already.

  19. Moore FPL
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Should have done Firmino -> Sterling :-/

  20. Mark
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 19 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Okay, pretty certain I'm activating tonight in preparation for an Aguero ban. Nice of him to give me that crisis I was looking for.

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

      Good luck!

    2. jurgenklopp.8
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      kun must have read the pre-amble

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

      what if he doesn't get banned?

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

      How are you going to get him back?

    5. Kemosabe1
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      But then... in 3 games time.... u have to fight to get him back in again and recoup all that money

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

        2 GWs

    6. Dušan Citizen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Activating what? Petition for him to be banned?

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

      Doesn't it make sense to take hits and activate in the end? so that you can benefit the price rise/fall?

    8. NATSTER
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      I'm waiting.

    9. tm245
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Overreaction imo. Redistributing the funds will make him so hard to get back in that you'll need another WC to recover.

      As a holder I am eagerly awaiting the panic this post will induce.

    10. Lyonnais
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      why not sort it out with a -4 and get him back with the wildcard?

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

      If there is a tweet about a potential ban from the OfficialFPL thang, might drive his owners out.

  21. Le _ Professeur
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    If Aguero is to be banned .. when will we know for sure 🙂 ?

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Depends when he is 'charged'.

  22. Zoostation
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    I guess it's time to hit the WC.

    Play the rises and falls and then sort it out in 2 weeks.

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

      Very difficult to play the price changes when most of the price porjections are caused by people who're wild carding

  23. Niemi
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    0.1 short of Mahrez + Tadic > Mane + Sterling. Argh.

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

    Cazorla looks like great value for money considering he gets assists and is on pens which seem to be awarded every half hour this season

  25. Egg noodle
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero > Benteke or Hernandez?

  26. Litti10
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Need to get rid of Tadic and also have Kun, Lamela and Gray facing bans. Wildcard time! :^)

  27. Robe Wan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero is getting banned. Elbow with no pitch cards

    3 matches, 2 of them PL

  28. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 7 months ago

    Aguero purchased at 13.0, priced now at 13.1 -- while I think selling him is madness, you don't even have to rush to do it if you are so inclined.

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

    FPL is one of the most frustrating things known to man