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After taking a look at defenders priced 5.0 and under and midfielders costing no more than 8.0, our batch of members articles now focuses on the men up front.

With the Fantasy Premier League market in overdrive due to Sergio Aguero’s three-match ban, we cast an eye over the strikers worth considering in the sub 8.0 category.

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  1. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Great timing for this article.

  2. Defcons are for Kinnear
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    This is like the 43rd article today. Are the Mods on something?

    1. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Pure adrenaline at this point.

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

      been a strong day, well done to all involved!

    3. 3 A
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      and still counting ~

      mods high.

  3. jernej93
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Is Ozil off corners and set pieces?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Sharing them with Cazorla at least.

      1. DA Minnion (Former great)
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Tm.your thoughts on giroud as a pick?

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

          will be a decent pick if he plays... questions over that more so than ever now though with Perez also in the mix

        2. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          He's a decent pick for sure. Conversion rate is normally low so will need a few chances to score.

  4. In Bale We Trust
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Nice to see Rondon shaping up well. He'll prob just get the one more week for me unless he produces. Still just feels so wrong having a Brom attacker.

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

      Your feelings are correct!

    2. TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Class player. Hope Chadli can spark some more attack from WBrom

      1. tokara
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Chadli more likely take shots himself

  5. HurriKane
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Who would you prefer on WC ?

    A) Lamela (lets say he'd start this gw)

    B) Barkley

    C) Cazorla

    Hazard Sanchez Antonio ____ Capoue
    Lukaku Ibra Benteke

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I would go Barkley

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

      Lamela cause you have Lukaku & Sanchez

      1. HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        yeah icurrently on him as i like to spread the risk. feel like cazorla and barkley could be fine picks too

    3. RamaJama
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A

    4. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I'd be thinking cazorla, think he stands a good chance of attacking returns.

      Oh, btw, i tweaked my team somewhat from your advice below, any opinions this time round again? 🙂

  6. Stimps
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    So which 4.0 keeper is next in line after Jaku and Pickford? Im guessing none?

    1. Sweetboi
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You guess right.

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

        Robinson if you have Heaton

        1. Tiamani Warrior
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          is robinson the burnley #2? i see they have a couple at 4

  7. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    More articles than FPL points 😉

  8. tm245
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Poor Scouts working 16 hour days in the article mines. FFS getting a bit Dickensian.

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Pretty sure they can write up articles and use scripts to schedule the uploads of articles automatically.

      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Don't tell the banned posters that, they keep thinking the mines are their penance.

  9. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hows this for a midfield?

    Snoddy Hazard Antonio Capoue Ozil

    1. Rossamous
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Pretty standard for an Ibra, Kun, Benteke (mid priced forward) front line

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

    Baines vs Williams...?

    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I've managed to raise the funds for Baines. Williams not a bad pick.

      1. Bullet Eder
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Williams is a great pick but you will always have the voice in your head, pleading with you to find 0.5 somewhere, anywhere, to upgrade to Baines. Penalties will do that to a man.

        1. HurriKane
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          is baines guaranteed to be on pens ?

          might give it lukaku to find his goalscoring feet back and give confidence

          1. Davido989
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            What if Lukaku misses.. 😉

    2. HurriKane
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      williams

    3. DA Minnion (Former great)
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I've baines since the start.

  11. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    shameless repost, because of new post 🙂

    Well, after remaining adamant with myself i would stick wit ha 4-3-3, some opinions on it have been mixed, so i come up with two teams.
    Which one do you fine people prefer?

    Team 1: 3-4-3

    Foster
    Masuaku - Valencia - Baines
    Sterling - Hazard - Sanchez - Antonio
    Benteke - Defoe - Ibra
    ______________________________
    Pickford, Evans, Capoue, Amat

    Team 2: 4-3-3

    Foster
    PVA - Bellerin - Baines - Valencia
    Hazard - Sanchez - Antonio
    Benteke - Lukaku - Ibra
    ___________________________
    Pickford, Capoue, Hojbjerg, Amat

    This will make or break my decision so any opinions on which team is preferred i will be inclined go with. Thanks gents.

    1. Champ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Team 1 looks best to me

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cool, thanks JR 🙂

    2. RoysCallerAnne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I like team 1 better as it has Sterling for GW5 and it's 3-4-3.

      4-3-3 is fine on paper with attacking defenders but it's just as likely to get get you only 1 CS per GW, same as a 3-4-3.

      If that happens 3 out of 4 GWs (could easily) then everyone with a 4th midfielder will have a fair chance of outscoring you.

      1. Salah’s Sonnet
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Hi RCA, cheers for your feedback, i think i have to agree, was on this 4-3-3 for a week, but i have to be realistic i guess, and the points out make only back that up. Will likely be going 3-4-3 then.

    3. Worzel Gummidge
        9 years, 5 months ago

        1

      • HurriKane
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        think team A gives you more flexibility when likes of kun is back

        spending too heavy on the back prevents this

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Cheers man, yeah like i said above, think i had to think realistically about it, flexibility being key etc, cheers man.

          Thanks too WG.

    4. Twiggy SRFC
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I am an addict to fantasy football.

      Is it worth paying £12.50 to become a member?

      1. TheSteel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        100%

      2. In Bale We Trust
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Great value imo

      3. Champ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Yes. You can back up gut feelings with hard facts.

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

      As the international break has dragged on, I'm considering Antonio more and more.

      I'm now looking at Aguero, Capoue -> Lukaku, Antonio (2FTs). It will bank the Capoue 0.1 profit and allows me to play Ramirez this week and bench Redmond. Leaves me 2.1m ITB.

      GW4 ; Hazard (swa), Firmino (LEI), Antonio (WAT), Ramirez (CPL), Ibra (MCI), Lukaku (sun), Costa (swa) bench Redmond (ars)

      Then, GW5, Firmino -> Ozil, allowing me to play Redmond (SWA) and bench Ramirez (eve)

      Then a GW6 wildcard.

      Comments on the plan please 🙂

      1. Worzel Gummidge
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Talk of Ramirez and Stuani being benched. Play Redmond.

          1. RoysCallerAnne
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Oh, thanks for the heads up! Ramirez benched would indeed scupper the plan.

      2. Bullet Eder
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        BULLET EDER
        Choosing Sanchez over Ozil I can understand. He's explosive, a goalscorer and captain material.

        However, I think many people are overlooking Cazorla to select Ozil which I find more difficult to understand. The saving is 1.9, more than the 1.5 between Ozil and Sanchez.

        They play similar roles in the Arsenal side, admittedly Ozil plays further forward and is previously the king of assists, but with Cazorla seemingly on corners, free-kicks and penalties this season, I believe that more than makes up for his deeper position.

        He's historically a very effective fantasy league player, and with no international duty, I think he'll be more nailed than people think, especially against the lesser sides where there is no need for Wenger to choose Xhaka and one of Coquelin or Elneny.

        Wenger adores playmakers and will play as many as he can whenever possible, hence Ramsey on the right when fit.

        Thoughts?

        Sorry for the repost but it was lost on the previous article.

        1. Worzel Gummidge
            9 years, 5 months ago

            There is no alternative to Ozil or Sanchez. They are both as good as each other.

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

              This. Wouldn't have Arsenal if it wasn't going to be Alexis or Ozil!

          • Arctic_Orangutans
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Valid points I like the cazorla pick

            1. Arctic_Orangutans
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              I don't think ozil will hit the heights of last year, rather have Sanchez. Cazorla is a good budget friendly pick, goals and assists in his locker

            2. Bullet Eder
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Bang on the money as ever WR

        2. jernej93
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Best 4.5 defender? 🙂

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

            JEvans then Pieters for me.

          2. Cantonas Demons
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Wat def long term if on wc !

        3. CREAM
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          foster(pick)
          mcauley/morgan/Valencia(amat/love)
          haz/ozil/sterling/coutino(gibson)
          lukaku/defoe/ibra

          G2G?
          or shall I just walk away...

          1. Champ
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Looks good to me. Best of luck.

        4. Colonel Klink
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Thoughts. Obviously forward line is a bit experimental. Maybe Hernandez instead of one of them.

          De Gea Stekelenburg
          Bellerín Alderweireld Rose Williams van Dijk
          De Bruyne Mané Bolasie Redmond Snodgrass
          Pérez Zaza Rémy

          1. jernej93
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            You might face Perez and Remy on the bench this GW 🙁

            1. Colonel Klink
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              That's cool. It's a draft team, so anyone who's decent has to be a season keeper.

          2. Bullet Eder
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Is this a serious team? Five premium defenders? Are you playing 5ATB every week?

            1. Colonel Klink
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Draft team.

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

            I'd keep Williams, Mane & Zaza and start again!

            1. Colonel Klink
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              I meant to mention it's a draft team.

          4. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            wow... just wow....

            1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              even autopick doesn't come up with this

        5. jernej93
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Barkley, Baines and Lukaku .. too much Everton ? :O

          1. Arctic_Orangutans
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Definitely

          2. DA Minnion (Former great)
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Won't be come Monday night.

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

            Baines & Kaku just for me.

            1. jernej93
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Who would I pick over Barkley in his price category? 🙂

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

                Antonio maybe? I'm going with Zaza but would strongly consider at least looking at Hammers attackers for the next few GWs!

                1. jernej93
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  Antonio Hazard Barkley Ozil
                  Lukaku Benteke Ibra

                  The only one that I would consider is Lamela but I rate Barkley highly 🙂

          4. Champ
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Not necessarily. Good fixtures. Definitely a punt but could pay off.

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

          On WC:
          Shaw (bought at 5.5) -------> Valencia (rising soon)

          1. v12w12
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            In same position. The 'word' on here seems to be Valencia...

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

          Quite a few players quoted in single figures in the "To Score Two Goals Or More" market this weekend. Diego is the 6/1 favourite closely followed by Harry at 7/1. Roberto, Alexis and Zlatan are right behind them sniffing their overpaid arses at 8/1 while Andre at 9/1 just separates himself from the double digit masses. On the outside looking in at this sexy sextet is The Garden of Eden at a whopping 10/1.

          Looks like the bookies wouldn't have Mr Hazard at the top of their Captains Poll for GW4.

          1. Worzel Gummidge
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Already changed my captain from Hazard to Costa.

              1. RoysCallerAnne
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                Me too.

                1. Haggis
                  • 10 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  Bookies don't factor YC/RDs and lost BAPS

          2. foreverton
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            How's wildcard looking?

            Foster (Pickford)

            Evans, Coleman, Masuako (Valencia, Amat)

            Hazard, Ozil, Barkley, Lanzini (4.5)

            Lukaku, Ibra, Rondon

            1. Bullet Eder
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Why Coleman over Baines?

              1. foreverton
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                Way more attacking/predicting Lukaku to be back on pens

                1. Bullet Eder
                  • 10 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  That's a worry coming from an Everton fan. Do you think Williams is the better pick over Baines then considering you save 0.5?

                  1. foreverton
                    • 12 Years
                    9 years, 5 months ago

                    I would pick Williams over Baines, he isn't worth another .5 and I reckon Williams will get more bonus points in the long run

          3. The Bandit
            • 15 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            I don't pay my membership for you to keep posting a pic at the top of the article with the content of the article there for all to see!!! 😡

            Oh wait, you have Rondon and Llorente first and second? Carry on 😉

            1. Davido989
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              So much this 😆

            2. George Sillett
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              You old dog you !

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

            RP

            Mkhitaryan dropping to 9.1 tonight... can't wait for him to become a first team regular (hopefully instead of Rooney), he'll be a bargain at that price!

            1. A.T
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              If he's fit he'll start Saturday I reckon. Is he fit?

          5. Sweetboi
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Any news on Valdes?

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

              She's looking in over her head after the Lobos mess up!

              1. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                LOL! smartass!! 😀 😀

          6. Jebiga
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            They not playing on the same position but who will score more points until december wc ?

            1. Lamela

            or

            2. Benteke

            1. Cantonas Demons
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              2

              Lam risk

            2. HurriKane
              • 13 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              both good options. could be lamela as he's playing for a better team.

              i might be wrong if tekkers find his goalscoring rythm soon

            3. Champ
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 15 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Close but if I was betting then Benteke

          7. tm245
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Any word on whether Remy will start?

            1. Worzel Gummidge
                9 years, 5 months ago

                He should but waiting for pressers. Confident him and Tekkers up front.

              • HurriKane
                • 13 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                both good options. could be lamela as he's playing for a better team.

                i might be wrong if tekkers find his goalscoring rythm soon

                1. HurriKane
                  • 13 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  reply fail

              • Davido989
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                Their chairman said on TalkSport today that the idea is to change the style and score more goals. (Was asked about Benteke and Remy)

                1. Worzel Gummidge
                    9 years, 5 months ago

                    so 2 up top. Remy was always coming in my team but good news there.

                  • tm245
                    • 14 Years
                    9 years, 5 months ago

                    Very good news, thanks.

                2. Cantonas Demons
                  • 10 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  No not atm

              • Cantonas Demons
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                RMT WC Please! Thank you

                Foster - Heaton

                Valencia – Williams – Masuaka – Mcauley (@ 4.6m) – Cathcart (long term/ Pieters if he drops to 4.4m before deadline)

                Sanchez (C) – Hazard (Vs) – Antonio – Puncheon (Snodgrass later on) – Capoue

                Ibrahimovic – Lukaku – Benteke (Bony, later on maybe)

                ITB 0.7m

                Aguero Gw6 Back Plan! 2FT
                Lukaku to Aguero
                Sanchez to Cazorla

                Cheers, Thank you ! Any Suggestions welcome eg. Risks ?

                1. Jebiga
                  • 13 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  alexis to ozil and upgrade 4th mid... also lamela or barkley are better picks than antonio

                  1. Cantonas Demons
                    • 10 Years
                    9 years, 5 months ago

                    Cheers, but if i did that then i have to downgrade ozil to a 5.5-6m mid to get aguero back in so i would be back to square one with no ars mid then.

                    Does my defence look ok. Any risks ? except the wat def as he is long term as they have good fixs coming up !

              • Lazarus Star
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                New article repost

                May have just found my Aguero plan, but comes with a hit.

                Current:
                Heaton, Foster
                Shaw, Williams, Valencia, McAuley, Amat
                Hazard, Sanchez, Sterling, Antonio, Capoue
                Ibra, Benteke, Stuani

                1.3 ITB

                GW6: Shaw, Sanchez &
                Benteke > 4.5, Cazorla & Aguero

              • Kno
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                Thoughts on this midfield?

                Sanchez haz antonio lamela capou

                Too weak or? Forwards being ibra kaku tekkers atm

                1. Cantonas Demons
                  • 10 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  I had the exact same mids and forwards earlier until pickford became a risk. So i had to downgrade lamela to puncheon and was then able to upgrade pickford to heaton and amat to a 4.5 wat def.

                  Whats your defence like atm ?

              • The Bandit
                • 15 Years
                9 years, 5 months ago

                It's great when you work alternate weekends and the International break is on your weekend in 😎

                1. Z
                  • 9 Years
                  9 years, 5 months ago

                  Have fun on the next international break 😉