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30 October 2016 1898 comments
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After Everton defeated West Ham 2-0 at Goodison earlier, we now turn our attentions to St Mary’s as Southampton entertain Chelsea at 4pm.

Diego Costa and Eden Hazard boast the greatest threat as the Blues look to grab a fourth successive league win.

The Spain international – who remains one yellow away from a single-match ban – has netted four goals in as many road trips, whilst Hazard has notched in each of his last four starts for club and country.

Chelsea’s recent move to 3-4-3 has harvested three straight clean sheets in the top-flight, though their hosts have been similarly resilient in front of their own fans.

The Saints have conceded just one goal in their last five home matches in all competitions and have been breached on only eight occasions over the first nine Gameweeks.

With a trip to Hull next up on their agenda, Nathan Redmond and Charlie Austin have the chance to stake a claim for our consideration, as the latter looks to net for the third successive league outing.

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  1. andy85wsm
    • Has Moderation Rights
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Thought that was a definite goal for Costa there

    1. Royal5
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Terrible finish

    2. Big Red Dog
      10 years, 8 days ago

      No scoutcast this week for you Andy?

      1. andy85wsm
        • Has Moderation Rights
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Think I'll be on yeah. How come?

  2. fedolefan
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Phew, Forster.

  3. LewanGOALski
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Why Deeney assist taken away..?

    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Because he never touched it - cleared up on the TV replay

    2. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Unforseen brexit issue

  4. Lecky Legs FC
    10 years, 8 days ago

    FFS Costa score!

  5. Jay_
    10 years, 8 days ago

    ------------------Pickford-----------------
    ----------Clyne Stones Holebas------
    Sanchez Firmino Coutinho Walcott
    --------Aguero Lukaku Deeney-------
    --------------------------------------------------
    Foster Capoue Pieters Amat. 1ft, 0.1itb

    A) Deeney > Austin
    B) Foster > Heaton
    C) Save ft
    D) Capoue, Walcott, Deeney > Gundogan, Hazard, Keane -8
    E) Clyne, Capoue, Walcott, Deeney > Morgan, Redmond, Hazard, Keane -12

    1. Big Red Dog
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Wow our teams are the exact same. I have Arny not Walcott and PVA not Stones. Ill be doing A most likely, or to Callum Wilson.

      1. nobwak
        10 years, 8 days ago

        So not the exact same then?

  6. Toby Lerone
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Sell sterling for coutinho or wait til after MID? Have firmino

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Hold

    2. BrockLanders
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Wait

    3. Toby Lerone
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Cheers

  7. MOZIL
    10 years, 8 days ago

    sanchez to kdb for next week? already have walcott

  8. Delhidynamo
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Forster you slappey shut ye legs

  9. TooDifficuIt
    10 years, 8 days ago

    costa always shoot between the gk legs !

  10. TheTinman
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Koscielny and Sterling to Hazard and Brunt?

    Sounds great to me

    1. Delhidynamo
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Nopes find the money somewhere else

      1. TheTinman
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Why who is so precious out of those 2?

        1. Delhidynamo
          10 years, 8 days ago

          Kosc

          1. the cromulent one
            10 years, 8 days ago

            Disagree. Many other good defensive options, and with better upcoming fixtures.

    2. Eskimooo
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Sounds dreadful

    3. TheTinman
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Completely wrong on Kosc, he is not worth the money at all. Arsenal look leaky and he won't score with his hand every week

      1. Evans
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Lol

      2. Kroosin'
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Arsenal will get the most clean sheets in PL again this year.

        1. Flying Nugget
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          10 years, 8 days ago

          no way, Chelsea will

  11. Henryyy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Firmino->Hazard? Have counthino

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      No

    2. Dead Cat Bounce
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Not yet

    3. BrockLanders
      10 years, 8 days ago

      No way

  12. BrockLanders
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Did I ever tell you's that I hate Roman Lukaku?

    1. Henryyy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      I love him

    2. Kuqi Monster
      10 years, 8 days ago

      More than Greek lukaku?

  13. TooDifficuIt
    10 years, 8 days ago

    hazard firmino to ozil hazard ?

    1. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Eh?

    2. TooDifficuIt
      10 years, 8 days ago

      sanchez firmino *

      1. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Would not lose Sanchez or Firmino - the latter because of Liverpool's fixtures

        1. TooDifficuIt
          10 years, 8 days ago

          i have cout and if giroud starts i think ozil will get more points ?

      2. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
        10 years, 8 days ago

        No way

    3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      10 years, 8 days ago

      I wouldn't take a -4 just to change Hazard to Hazard

    4. Dead Cat Bounce
      10 years, 8 days ago

      No

  14. BrockLanders
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Think I might get Hazard for Sterling. Loops primed for a points parade..

    1. BrockLanders
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Loops?? *looks*

  15. Kante Be Bothered
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Foster
    Pieters Stones Walker
    Hazard Redmond Mane Sanchez
    Lukaku Aguero Wilson

    That how you do it. Could downgrade Mane to Firmino to upgrade elsewhere

  16. Ravager
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Lol, I'll never understand the mid game "X > Y" questions. At least wait for the game to end for your knees to twitch.

    1. the cromulent one
      10 years, 8 days ago

      That is why the only proper answer to those questions is: "Do it now, before the 2nd half begins".

      1. Ravager
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Clearly. Like the guy earlier saying he sold Lukaku by half-time. People need to chill.

  17. Big Red Dog
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Anyone else hate it when refs get animated? Like Clattenberg who thinks he's a f_king superstar bending his knees and prancing around everywhere. Just relax, showing emotion like that against the players makes you look silly af

    1. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Gotta love this guy though

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-3cuCEt9k8

  18. Kaneyonero
    10 years, 8 days ago

    PvA to Bruntinho for free?

    1. BrockLanders
      10 years, 8 days ago

      I would

  19. hannesdela
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Immense struggle to get Hazard in. I have 2 FTs. Would the following be a good plan?

    1) Austin to Fraiser Campbell (4.4)
    2) Fletcher to Gündogan
    3) Walcott to Hazard

    This would mean a shift from 3-4-3 to 3-5-2 and a hit of -4.

  20. Pompel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Worth losing Wally for Hazard for a few GW's, by also downgrading Coleman? Got Sanchez ofc

    1. the cromulent one
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Do it now, before the 2nd half begins.

      1. Pompel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        10 years, 8 days ago

        No price changes before tonight, though 😉

        1. Big Red Dog
          10 years, 8 days ago

          Do it now, before the 2nd half begins.

        2. the cromulent one
          10 years, 8 days ago

          🙂
          Seriously though, if you can afford it, I think that is a solid move. Neither Arsenal's nor Everton's fixtures are great in the short-term. But Chelsea's aren't too enticing either.

  21. Swan - Villa Proud
    10 years, 8 days ago

    To get Hazard in my team, I'd have to do one of the following

    A) Sell Sanchez
    B) Play 3-5-2 with Allen and a cheap sub 5 forward
    C) Split up the double pool mids and downgrade Lukaku

    Not willing to do any of those right now.

    1. liiusions
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Hazard just looks too hard to get in my team right now but he's going to be hard to ignore if he keeps on scoring

    2. hannesdela
      10 years, 8 days ago

      More or less the same struggle here. I'm thinking about B.

      It would give me:

      Alexis-Hazard-Coutinho-Gündogan-Allen
      Aguëro-Lukaku (Fraiser Campbell).

      Bad plan or?

      1. liiusions
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Gundogan and Allen won't keep scoring and it'll be so hard to ditch both of them for someone more expensive

        1. hannesdela
          10 years, 8 days ago

          Hmm yeah you're probably right, but that's the difficulty. I mean, Hazard could easily outscore two decent but not great mids like for example Chadli and Redmond.

          Right now I have:
          Alexis-Coutinho-Walcott-Allen (Fletcher)
          Aguëro-Lukaku-Austin

          Really don't know what to do, but I hate not having Hazard...

    3. Dead Cat Bounce
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Good answer to an unasked question.

      1. liiusions
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Reply fail 🙂

  22. tm245
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Watching one of your attackers try to score against this Chelsea side is rough. First extended look at them since they switched to the 343 and they are really well organized.

    1. Spectrum-FFS Doubles Champ
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Always got a chance with Matic and Kante protecting them as well

  23. liiusions
    10 years, 8 days ago

    What's the prices of everyone's defence? Mine is:
    4.7/4.1
    6.4/4.7/4.5/4.5/4.1

    Thinking of ditching Kos but if I go below 6m it makes it harder to get a premium defender back in

  24. Hurricane Gilbert
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Who would you get for Walcott?

    A) KdB
    B) Hazard

    1. liiusions
      10 years, 8 days ago

      A if you have Costa, B if you don't. Assuming you already have Aguero

    2. big_cliff
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Shouldn't he be fit for next week provided he comes through unscathed? Or you worried about rotation?

      1. big_cliff
        10 years, 8 days ago

        unscathed *after Tuesday*

  25. Kante Be Bothered
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Get alonso then at 6.0 for kosc

  26. Krafty Werks
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Anyone considering Vardy as 2nd striker with next four of Wba, Wat Midd, Sund? Thinking Sterling and Deeney > Gundogan/ Redmond and Vardy? Yay or nay? Thanks.

  27. Scotty B
    10 years, 8 days ago

    ------------------Heaton-----------------
    -----Clyne Vertonghen Pieters----
    Antonio Firmino Coutinho Snoddy
    --------Aguero Lukaku Ibra-------
    --------------------------------------------------
    Pickford Capoue Evans Amat. 1ft, 0 itb

    Which option is better?

    A Snoddy > Gundogan
    B Snoddy + Ibra > Hazard + Austin
    C Snoddy or Ibra > someone else

    1. TooDifficuIt
      10 years, 8 days ago

      A

    2. bigmacs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      B

  28. Jam0sh
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Hello guys. What would you do with this lot:

    Heaton
    Walker, Mustafi, Pieters
    Coutinho, Mane, Redmond, Sanchez
    Aguero, Lukaku, Austin

    Subs: Foster --- Capoue, Evans, Amat --- 1 FT, 0.2 ITB

    A) Save FT
    B) Mustafi -> Chelsea/ Leicester defender

    1. liiusions
      10 years, 8 days ago

      I'm thinking of doing Kos->Fuchs but I kind of want to keep an Arsenal defender all season

      1. the cromulent one
        10 years, 8 days ago

        I dunno. If a defender is good value, then maybe he's worth keeping over a rough patch of fixtures. But in general, I think that jumping on the decent teams' defenders with a decent run of fixtures is the way to go.
        Looking at Leicester as of gw11, Southampton as of gw14, and Chelsea as of gw15. Any of those are worth losing an Arsenal defender for, imo.

      2. hannesdela
        10 years, 8 days ago

        Yeah ditching an Arsenal defender could be another option to free up some cash. I have Bellerin and I'm pondering about it too, but it would be difficult to get him back in after the next 2 GWs..

    2. Dead Cat Bounce
      10 years, 8 days ago

      A

    3. Rasping Drive
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      10 years, 8 days ago

      I would be tempted by Alonso actually.

  29. Saïss Doesn't Mat…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    10 years, 8 days ago

    just noticed i'll need a 16 point hit to get hazard back in.... i'll pass lol

  30. WE ARE RANGERS
    10 years, 8 days ago

    Is Martina an option for a few weeks or are his days numbered?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      10 years, 8 days ago

      Cedric