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12 September 2016 2444 comments
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Gameweek 4 comes to its conclusion this evening as Sunderland welcome Everton to the Stadium of Light.

Both sides roll up in contrasting form – whilst the Black Cats have yet to win, their visitors are unbeaten so far under new manager Ronald Koeman.

Two goals in the first three means Jermain Defoe is the man most likely to help David Moyes get one over his former club.

At the other end of the pitch, Patrick van Aanholt netted in his previous home appearance and Jordan Pickford’s owners are boosted by another start for the 4.0-price keeper.

For the Toffees, Ross Barkley is by far the most popular FPL pick, sitting in over 18% of squads.

With Koeman’s side set for an excellent run of fixtures, this evening’s match allows us the opportunity to also scout the likes of Leighton Baines, Romelu Lukaku and potentially even Kevin Mirallas, who starts for the fourth straight fixture under the Dutchman.

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

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  1. The Royal Robin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Baines currently on for 3 BAPS. I like that.

    1. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      So do I, Robin. So. Do .I

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Don't do it to yourself.

  2. mattk lfc
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    £0.1m away from Barkley to Firmino 🙁

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

      I did the reverse move 2 GW ago. What have I done 😀

      1. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Done the exact same myself. Then got him out in WC this week.

      2. Old Man
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Commiserations. See below.

      3. Royal5
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Same. Disgusting

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I cannot tell you how stupid I feel now after swapping them a couple of weeks ago. In the opposite direction of course.

      1. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Feel your pain

      2. All Hail K
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        With Everton's fixtures it was the logical choice.

  3. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    I may actually hit my WC button! Especially with Souare out now, no protection against that sort of thing happening.

    1. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I always avoid bad drivers, personally.

      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Ha ha!!

  4. Budweiser
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Everton have good fixtures they said.. Should we be already looking for Lukaku and Barkley replacements?

    1. Worzel Gummidge
      9 years, 10 months ago

      They are trolls. Both will score 2nd half.

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

        Nah, they'll both get double digits after 2 games, when everyone's selling them again.

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

      Baines is enough Everton. Attacks, defends.

      1. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Not much attacking with Mirallas and Bolasie in the team.

    3. Goaldigger
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I would have kept

  5. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Mkhi down to 9.1 and -44%.

    Let us rejoice.

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Why?

    2. Worzel Gummidge
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Why? He doesn't start and when he does he looks garage so then gets pulled. Dont understand your excitement.

      1. BadgersBoys
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        This.

        1. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
          • 13 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          On a side note, your grav - The Music?

      2. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        I'm not of the belief he's gone abysmal overnight. I'll give him 3-4 more to adapt, hoping for form by GW8 wildcard.

    3. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Will take some time to get into the team. Was awful in the Derby.

      1. Dr Kenneth Noisewater
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        TIme I've got. Even if it's Christmas when he finds his feet, lower price benefits.

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

          When he starts regularly, he is straight in my team.

    4. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Give me Snodgrass over him any day.

  6. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Terrible half of football.

  7. The Royal Robin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Did Defoe have any chances in the first half?

    1. Pasqualinho
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Shinned a good chance over early on

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yes, skied from 8 yards

      1. The Royal Robin
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Ah well, sounds like he had a better half than Lukaku then.

        1. Stats Don\'t Lie
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Lukaku headed straight at keeper from about 8 yards

    3. DantheManinaPan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      one big one missed

  8. GARYNEVILLESTASH
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Barkley is my Captain this week... great.

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Actually not so. 😉

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      You, sir, are a brave man. Can't do worse than Haz/Sanchez though!

    3. Goaldigger
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Would rather have him than Hazard atm

    4. All Hail K
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      "What an awful choice for captain," said the guy who picked Hazard.

  9. MarvelouSuccess
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Rate my CL team

    Oblak

    Umtiti Bartra Fabinho

    Modric Rakitic Sterling Kroos

    Ronaldo Lacazette Lewandowski

    Livakovic L. Hernandez Felipe Mor

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

      Isn't Lacazette our for 3 months?

      1. MarvelouSuccess
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Wasn't showing up on the site.

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

        He's out for at least 4 weeks.

  10. ViewsFromThePo6ba
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    How has Lukaku looked?

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Out of form, not had many chances, wasted one decent one

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

      Not good. Had a great chance saved by Pickford then went ghost mode and was not seen for the test of the half

    3. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Lukapoo

  11. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    *Yawn*

    1. BadgersBoys
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Go to bed.

      1. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        May just sleep on the couch if the second half is anything like the first

        1. BadgersBoys
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Might join you... not on your couch, of course.. on my own. I've said to much.

          1. Jigger & Pony
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 10 months ago

            😉

  12. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Help me out here

    Ok a revised wc team

    Cech Pickford

    Evans Stones Valencia Amat Lenihan

    Firmino Ozil Antonio Hazard Capoue

    Benteke Ibrahimovic Lukaku

    Better than having

    I previously had Lallana Koscielny Foster, swaped them out dor cech evans firmino.

    Right?

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Switch them back then.

      1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Was the original better??

  13. The Royal Robin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Why do people lose their minds at HT? There is another 45 minutes to go........

    1. Podge
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Where is my mind

  14. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Foster
    Amat Williams Valencia
    Hazard Sanchez Ozil Antonio
    Benteke Ibra Defoe

    Pickford, Capoue, McAuley Kone.

    Thinking of saving my FT? Thoughts

    1. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Save

      1. Make United Great Again
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Cheers. Ibra(C) Sanchez(vc) 😉

  15. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Wish I'd got Kone instead of Pieters

    1. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I played Morgan instead of him. Silly boy.

    2. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      It was between smith, holebas and pieters for me, guess which one I picked...

    3. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Glad I did this! Stoke have been disappointing.

    4. Ziro
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Did you WC?

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Yeah

    5. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Who is pieters?

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Plays for Stoke...

  16. KUNingas
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi! This week has been nightmare.. Worth WCing next week?

    Heaton | Foster
    Valencia | McAuley | Friend | Stones | Pieters
    Özil | Hazard | Lamela | Barkley | Redmond
    Lukaku | Vardy | Gray

    And if so what to do with FT. 1.3 ITB

  17. Worzel Gummidge
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Pickford mugging me off from the bench. You better concede from a Gueye cross and Williams header.

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

      Dirt in your mouth. 😀

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      The Williams header would be nice.

    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Ditto.

      But he needs good performances to keep a starting berth, so I'm not particularly upset.

    4. Lecky Legs FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Your not alone Pickford and Capoue are mugging most Wildcarders this GW.

  18. Ziro
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Owen Hargreaves not injured yet? Been a long time standing.

    1. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Pmsl

  19. The Royal Robin
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    What would you do with this week's FT with this team?

    Heaton
    Valencia McAuley Baines
    Antonio Sanchez Sterling Hazard
    Defoe Ibra Benteke

    (Foster Capoue Amat Souare)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Save it. Plenty of midweek games.

    2. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Save for Kun return?

      1. The Royal Robin
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Fair enough, sounds sensible. Where do you think I should make my move for Kun? Going to have to take a hit still I think. Sanchez, Sterling and Defoe/Benteke out.

        1. Forever In Our Shadow
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Ibra out. Thats what im doing.

    3. Forever In Our Shadow
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Defoe out though and Capoue starting. He looks a decent punt now.

    4. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Save

  20. SantiClaus
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    How's this for my WC?

    Heaton Pickford
    Valencia Walker Evans Amat Kingsley
    Hazard Firmino Antonio Snodgrass Capoue
    Aguero Ibra Benteke

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

      Careful with Walker, I'd rather get Williams/Baines/Coleman. He could get rotated soon.

      1. Stats Don\'t Lie
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Utter bs with walker rotation. Been one of their best players so far, if not the best. No reason to rotaten

        1. Niemi
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Pochentino rotated for every Europe match last season though.

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

          Wasn't Rose just rotated?

    2. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Get Williams for Walker and upgrade Kingsley or Amat to Holebas

    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Any Bundesliga followers around? Is Joel Pohjapalo likely to start Bayer's next game with Chicharito still injured (I think) and after he scored a hat-trick last game?

    1. pundit of punts
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Don't go there.

      It' s just a transfer waiting to happen.

  21. Sandy Ravage
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Both teams should just shake hands and call it a draw and spare the fans. The only reason I'm watching this snoozefest is to help make a decision between Defoe (tot) or Capoue (MU) for GW5.

    1. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Maybe the fans are doing the same.

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

    Any UCL fantasy players about?

    Cech / Semper
    Alba, Hummels, Grimaldo / Felipe, Bartra
    D.Costa, Sterling, Rakitic, A.Silva, Bjarnason
    CR7, Messi, Pohjanpalo

    6.0-6.5 keepers are too expensive imo. No good options at 5.0 so Cech looks like a good pick at 5.5.
    Not sure if D.Costa & Pohjanpalo (Leverkusen Fwd.) will start but probably not my final team anyway.

      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Think we can get better options for 7.5m or less than Rakitić. Bellarabi, Ben Arfa, Bernardo Silva, Brahimi (super easy group). Otherwise, looks fine!

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

        Will have a look at them.

        One think I read today is that Bellarabi got a long term injury on the weekend.

      2. VS10_
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Bellarabi injured on the weekend. Pohjanpalo is a big risk, amazing at the weekend, but still not nailed to start.

        1. VS10_
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Oh didn't read under the team. 🙂 You already knew that.

    1. MarvelouSuccess
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Im struggling for a good 4th midfielder with a strong frontline.

  23. Forever In Our Shadow
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Delo warming up.

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

    Delboy warming up

  25. Syd.
    • 17 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    MNF Pundits are shocking

    Be better off with a couple of Dummies from Burtons

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

      Anything is better on a Friday than a Monday

    2. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Ha, is Burtons still around?

  26. For Fuchs Sake
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Would you WC on this team? Too many uncertainties and injuries. Already used my FT this week too 🙁

    Foster Valdes

    Friend Shaw Souare Stones Kone

    Capoue Lamela Hazard Tadic Townsend

    Ibra Negredo Lukaku

    1. Jigger & Pony
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I would

    2. makaveli123
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Wait for Kun 🙂

      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        I'll leave enough for him to come back in.

    3. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah maybe.

    4. Cok3y5murf
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I would

  27. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    What time does the game KO?

    1. Syd.
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      A quarter past two

    2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      2000 coming Friday.

  28. KOLASINA(C)
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Am I the only one who actually prefers Friday games rather than Monday ones?

    1. ONSIDE 9
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I hate fnf, have training myself, gonna miss Che v Pool 🙁

    2. Make United Great Again
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Wow, Barkley off

    3. Worzel Gummidge
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Nope. I love Friday night games and loath Monday ones.

  29. Numb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    This is finishing goalless.

    1. makaveli123
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I hope not. My brother put the armband on PvA. He deserves a medal for stupidity.

    2. Epic Fail
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      No spoilers please.