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17 September 2016 5055 comments
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Saturday’s events come to a close at Goodison Park with Ronald Koeman’s upwardly mobile Everton side hosting Middlesbrough.

Frankly, this match is all about Romelu Lukaku.

The Belgian exploded a dramatic 11-minute hat-trick just six days ago at Sunderland and heads into the tea-time encounter backed by almost 250,000 new owners, with 6% handing him the captaincy.

Koeman’s side will be bidding for a fourth straight victory and a third consecutive clean sheet.

Middlesbrough’s task looks tough, then, having suffered a home reverse in Gameweek 4 at the hands of Crystal Palace.

Alvaro Negredo goes into the contest desperate for a goal having blanked in his last three. Having soared early on as a Fantasy Premier League transfer target, he’s been hemorrhaging owners for the past three Gameweeks, losing 164,000 heading into Friday’s deadline.

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

  1. Lizard Lips
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Still binning Kapu for Heaton and Foster combo.

    1. Jonty Rhodes
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Is it time to dump Foster if I already have McAuley?

      Please also advise me for a -4 hit:

      A) Aguero and Chadli for Dioamande and Hazard?
      B) Aguero and Snodgrass for Diomande and Ozil?

      Foster (Heaton)
      Baines, Valencia, Mc Auley, Collins (Amat)
      Ozil, Hazard, Antonio, Capoue (Januzaj)
      Lukaku, Ibrahimovic (c) (Diaomande)

      4.9m in bank.

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

    City will run away with the prem as invincibles.
    pool come second

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

      You should give up with your predictions sir 🙂

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

        it's got me far

    2. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Agree with the first bit. If Liverpool find some consistency they will manage top four but otherwise you have to assume it will be United and Chelsea as the next closest two.

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

        I did say arsenal 1-4 liverpool

  3. Red or Dead
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    WC draft? Is this way too top heavy?

    Foster
    Walker Valencia Evans
    Sterling Firmino Antonio Capoue
    Ibrahimovic Aguero Costa
    (Jakupovic, 4.5, Holebas, Amat)

    1. Badger Badger Mushroom Mush…
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No Sanchez or hazard could hurt

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

      Need more Everton

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

      I would look at downgrading Costa to Lukaku for EVE coverage, Chelsea's fixtures tighten up for the next few and Costa seems to be oblivious to BPS. I've found too that trying to rotate Foster and Jukapovic is like trying to choose the correct flip of a coin. Maybe just pick Juka and save the 0.4? Spread to the defence?

      1. Red or Dead
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks, downgrading Foster to Pickford is an option means I still have WBA coverage and more to spend

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

          Yeah, I am WCing this week and just picking Juka and another 4.0, sick of the dilemma - Pickford may keep his place too but I would never pick a SUN GK.

    4. Jonty Rhodes
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Too much West Brom in defence? What about Chadli? No Arsenal cover?

      Please also advise me for a -4 hit:

      A) Aguero and Chadli for Dioamande and Hazard?
      B) Aguero and Snodgrass for Diomande and Ozil?

      Foster (Heaton)
      Baines, Valencia, Mc Auley, Collins (Amat)
      Ozil, Hazard, Antonio, Capoue (Januzaj)
      Lukaku, Ibrahimovic (c) (Diaomande)

      4.9m in bank.

      1. Red or Dead
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Careful on Chadli as he won't be playing that West Ham defence every week. Snodgrass will be good pick in couple weeks when fixtures turn and hard to pick between Hazard/Ozil

        1. Jonty Rhodes
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Plan is to bring Snodgrass for Januzaj sometime later over next 2 GWs when fixtures turn better for Hull.

          I will stick with Ozil purely because of value and see if i can upgrade to sanchez by compromising on defence (collins and mc auley perhaps)

  4. Cooper123
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Bottomed.

    Potential WC team...

    Foster // Jaku

    Valencia // Williams // Hollabas // Pieters // Amat

    Sanchez // Firmino // Sterling // Antonio // Capoue

    Augero // Lukaku // Deeney

    The alternative is to try and keep Ibra in there, by picking Ibra and Snodgrass over Lukaku and Sterling. Think the above is stronger?

    1. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Holebas not nailed
      Stoke's defence is as horrid as West Ham's

      Antonio not a must if you want Ibra so that you can upgrade Antonio for Mane

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

        holebas not nailed? disagree

      2. Cooper123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers - first I've heard about Holebas not being nailed though. Couldn't see a lot else at 4.5 for Pieters, and at least they have great fixtures for ages. Will only be playing one of the two each week in that third defender spot.

    2. Gooner Kebab
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      3 wat players?

      1. Cooper123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Amazing fixtures. Capoue on the bench.

        1. Jonty Rhodes
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Why double up on Man City , snodgrass and ibra sounds much better.

          Could you also advise me. I am going for -4 hit to take Aguero and Chadli for Dioamande and Hazard. Plan is to bring Snodgrass for Januzaj sometime later over next 2 GWs.

          Foster (Heaton)
          Baines, Valencia, Mc Auley, Collins (Amat)
          Ozil, Hazard, Antonio, Capoue (Januzaj)
          Lukaku, Ibrahimovic (c) (Diaomande)

          4.9m in bank.

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

    Anyone considering Watford striker (Ighalo or Deeney)? They have got favorable fixture

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

      Capoue is all I need

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      deeney on pens, could be a good shout at 6.9

    3. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah, looking at Deeney. Would prefer Benteke but the price difference allows better options elsewhere, and like you say those fixtures are tasty.

    4. NorwichCityLad
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes Ighalo for Defoe

      1. NorwichCityLad
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Anyone doubling up

  6. Aiden6375
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Capoue, de bruyne, Antonio, Bolasie, 8.7m???

    But who to choose!

    1. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Firmino.

    2. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      firmino or sterling

      1. Cooper123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I was going to say Sterling, but he has KDB (and presumably Aguero).

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          firmino is the best bet then

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

      Coutinho

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

        Good luck in the long term with that mid btw

    4. Aiden6375
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes got Aguero in now. Think it's going to be a Liverpool mid.

    5. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Firmino/sterling

      Alternatively bolasie > snodgrass and get mane.

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

    City won their first 5 last season destroying teams along the way. Lets not get carried away. Its a long season.

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

      that was under pellegrini, tactically inept. Did city win so convincingly at OT last yr?

      can't see any manager in the prem outwitting pep, just can't

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Other teams will beat Man City this season.

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

        Mourinho picked the wrong team. I can see Liverpool and maybe Chelsea stopping City.

    2. Litti10
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Very true, complacency will creep in at some point and theyll drop points, just like every other team.

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

        Not to mention the CL. The 2 games back to back with Barca will stress them especially if they take a beating. It would dent their confidence a great deal.

  8. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Sanchez a better FPL prospect upfront or on the lw?

    1. Cooper123
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Would always have said LW, but he's not doing badly up front.

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

      Upfront, that's where he's got his hauls.

    3. Chelsea Dagger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      LW imo

    4. Worzel Gummidge
        9 years, 5 months ago

        RW > LW > CF

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

      Wondering what I should do now with two FT.

      Have in front row;

      Lallana - Payet - Sanchez - Hazard - Capoue
      Gray - Costa - Lukaku

      A) Hazard / Costa to Chadli / Aguero
      B) Payet / Costa to Chadli / Aguero
      C) Payet / Gray to Sterling / Benteke
      D) Hazard / Gray to Sterling / ?

      Got 0.2 mill in the bank

    6. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Any chance Lukaku loses that goal?

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

        Theres a chance but ill be shocked if it happens

      2. The Hound
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Sky bet have awarded me bolasie monies!

      3. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I doubt it. But hopefully.

      4. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        No

      5. kim don juan
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Hopefully since it wasn't his goal.

    7. Chucky
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Top 10k average just came down from 40 to 37.Any particular reason?

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

        Source?

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

          fffix.now 36.

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

            ah oki back up to 40

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

            They didn't even know it was a Friday deadline until an hour or so to go.

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

              casuals 😉

    8. ryacoo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Which are the better options as part of Aguero plan:

      A) Snodgrass + Ibra
      B) Payet + Benteke

      Already got Antonio.
      Would bench Snodgrass for Capoue next 2 Gameweeks.

      1. Bleach †
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Wouldn't double West Ham myself

        1. ryacoo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Would only be for next 6 games probably:
          SOU, MID, cry, SUN, eve, STK

          Seems like every time Antonio scores, Payet's assisting.

          1. Bleach †
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Reasonable, but also chance they will both blank then 😀

            1. ryacoo
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              Think I'm leaning towards A anyway - Snodgrass and Ibra both on pens and Ibra a captain option GW7 over Aguero.

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

      Best defender for 4.9m or less?

      Currently thinking Lovren.

      (Apparently we can't do less than signs on here...)

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

        < 🙂

        If Pool can get clean sheet then perhaps.

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

          Gah! No idea what happened before then.

          Thanks for your input

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

            Using words wins though.

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

      During a wildcard, if you keep on buying and selling players, does that mean you start loosing money given the spread difference between the purchase price and the selling price?

      1. Egg Fried Reus
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Yes, if you sell players who you have which are at a higher price than what you bought them for you will lose money on them buying them back.

      2. thepoet85
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Yes. Learned the hard way last night 🙁

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

        Oh dear. I've been playing with buying and selling players willy nilly based on price moves and cost myself £0.2m

    11. jai1212
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I need a defender to replaces Stones now as his position doesn't seem too secure now. Any 5.0 defender with good fixtures?

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

        Williams

      2. F4L
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        gotta be stones

        1. F4L
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          sorry i meant williams

      3. jai1212
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Have Williams. On WC, so the line of defence is -
        Valencia - Stones - Williams - Holebas - Francis

    12. For Fuchs Sake
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ibra will have to go for Kun to come back in, is this mad?

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

        Yh

    13. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      How did Mirallas and Bolasie play?

      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Mirallis so so, typical inconsistency and head down. Bolasie looked class

      2. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Mirallas with his typical "me me me" attitude, and Bolasie looked very good.

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

      With my 2 FT my team next week will be:

      Foster
      Shaw Stones Evans (Amat Friend)
      Hazard Alexis Snodgrass Capoue Redmond (one of Snod, Cap and Red will be benched)
      Gray Zlatan Aguero

      Not having Lukaku is killing me!

      Use WC now or be patient and stick with it....?

    15. Egg Fried Reus
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ibra -> Kun
      Payet -> Antonio

      For Free?

      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Oui!

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

        Can't see anything wrong with going without Ibra who is a massive (c) choice and owned by 60%

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

      After seeing Stones 'rested' today, anyone feel Aguero could get the same treatment around the busy times?
      so far they've coped comfortably without him.

      1. The Rock
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Aguero has been rested the last 2 PL games and will be rested for the upcoming cup game so why would he need a rest?

        1. thepeen555
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I don't think he means in the next week or so but after a few games etc

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

            So much this.

      2. Mark-O
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Perhaps benched in easy games... who knows?

    17. The Rock
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Foster, Jaku
      Valencia, Dann, Kone, McAuley, Friend
      Hazard, Sanchez, Firmino, Redmond, Capoue
      Ibra, Lukaku, Gray

      0 in the bank. Time to WC?

      Quite a few players i want in, Aguero, Antonio, Baines/Coleman. And then there are quite a few in that teams above who need to go due to form and fixtures.

    18. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Anyone watching BT? Those fan videos are amazing!

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

        That little City fan! Bless him. Looked chuffed.

        1. Les Bleus
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Give him a contract!

    19. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Giroud... is he ever going to start in PL matches?

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

        Yes

      2. Sylas
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Once his hoof is repaired.

    20. Jòse
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Payet or Sanchez?

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

        Sanchez (Payet owner)

      2. The Rock
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Sanchez for me.

      3. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Sanchez (Sanchez owner)

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

          🙂

    21. Jönny
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Ditching Lukaku and Sanchez to get Aguero in doesn't seem so appealing now.... A nice problem to have, I guess.

      Anyone still planning to lose Sanchez? I think I may have to lose both him and Hazard in order to keep Lukaku and Ibra as well as Kun.

      1. The Rock
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I'm going to lose Ibra before i lose Sanchez.

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

        keeping lukaku and sanchez
        doing costa and haz for kun and a mid up to 7.2

      3. jurgenklopp.8
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        ditch ibra 😉

      4. Totally !rre!evant
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        If you were to show the door to Sanchez & Hazard who would you bring in? I would actually feel more comfortable dropping Ibra...

    22. Flynny
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Any vires on this wildcard?....g9t exact cash.

      Had ibra since beggining so keeping till gw8 at least...

      Foster jaku
      Valencia williams Pieters holebas amat
      Sanchez firmino Antonio snoddy capoue
      Kun ibra deeney

      Thoughts appreciated...thanks

      1. Cooper123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Identical to mine above, save for the two players I asked about! Check it out.

        1. Cooper123
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Literally exactly the same but I'm weighing up between (a) Ibra and Snodgrass, or (b) Lukaku and Sterling.

    23. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Might just make a new post about this but anyone else monitoring Pereyra?

      He costs 6.0, played 45 minutes against Arsenal where he scored and got 23 bonus points, highest of the Watford players. He also played the full 90 minutes against WHU where he assisted 1 goal. He got 31 bonus points for that and ending up 4th among the Watford players which isn't bad for just 1 assist.

      Next 5 games: bur BOU mid swa HUL

      All the hype is about Capoue on here but he won't be scoring those half volleys all the time, and if Pereyra performs well against ManU, he might just be my new 4th midd!

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

        The hype is real with Capoue

        Pereyra is a good pick though

      2. Stats Don\'t Lie
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Had my eyes on him since I heard he was joining, classy little player and could be a great differential over someone like bolasie, or in a 352. Just struggling to find room for him though.

    24. The Hound
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Sky have me given me bolasie goal money. Will FPL change?

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Nobody knows.

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

        They probably paid both.

      3. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Doubt it but who knows.

      4. Sp0rting
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Sky saw your FPL score and felt sorry for you.

    25. Stats Don\'t Lie
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      City remind me of Liverpool back in suarez days, we will score more than you approach. A better team would've put a couple past them today.

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

        Well..many think Man Utd are the second coming of Barcelona and City beat them with ease.

        1. Stats Don\'t Lie
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I reckon everton game gw8 will be interesting, as will a clash with pool and Chelsea.

    26. general_franco
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Bolasie or Snods?

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        A

      2. Pirlø's Pen
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Snodzzzzzz

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

        Snodgrass.

      4. Bleach †
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Both

        ka ching.